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Atlas D | FIRE 1
FIRE (Flight Investigation of Re-Entry) was a high-speed reentry heat research program to obtain data on materials, heating rates, and radio signal attenuation on spacecraft reentering the atmosphere at speeds of about 24,500 miles per hour.
Mission type: Materials Science · Orbit: Suborbital
Rocket: Atlas D · Provider: United States Air Force
Launch pad
Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)