Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Atmospheric Sciences Support (open access)

Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Atmospheric Sciences Support

Abstract: Data from the atmospheric sciences support systems for RFD-1 on May 22, 1963, at Bermuda Island, are presented. These data were taken for purposes of later analysis of the ballistic performance of the re-entry vehicle and of the heat transfer mechanisms within it, and for studies of the motion of ablated particles in the atmosphere.
Date: October 1964
Creator: Coonce, C. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library