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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulMaterials ScienceAtlas D
Launched 1965-05-22 21:55 UTCLaunch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Suborbital
United States Air Force
28th
launch this year
Launch Complex 12
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
62 d
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
25.1m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
1,400kg
Liftoff thrust
1,880kN
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