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Reentry-2
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 31 Aug 1962, 04:25 pm UTC
Rocket: Scout X-3A (Scout)
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Materials Science
Orbit: Suborbital
Pad: Launch Area 3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Description
Test of experimental heatshield material performance under heating loads near those of a lunar reentry.