R-4 is the fourth in a series of experiments in the Scout Reentry Heating Project. The R -4 spacecraft assembly and adapter is shown. As a part of the Space Vehicle Technology Program of NASA's Office of Advanced Research and Technology, this project is designed to investigate the heating environment encountered by a body reentering the Earth's atmosphere at 19,000 miles per hour (28,000 feet per second) - a speed slightly greater than near-earth orbital velocity.


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    Title :

    Launch of R-4 Experiment in Scout Reentry Heating Project


    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English