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Atlas D | FIRE 2
United States Air Force · SM-65D Atlas · Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 259th launch · 28th this year
May 22, 1965Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 22, 21:55 – May 22, 21:55 UTC
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FIRE 2
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.
Materials Science · Suborbital (Sub)
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