FIRE 1 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

14 Apr 1964, 9:42pm

Pad

Launch Complex 12

Launch Service Provider

Mission

FIRE 1

Mission Type

Materials Science

Destination

Suborbital

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.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC

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