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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
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TELEPHONES: WORTH 2-4155 -------- WORTH3-6925
Moon,
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in Scout.
tic path along the Atlantic Missile Range with reentry near
Atlantic Ocean,
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April 7, the launch window is between 3:33 and 9:03 p.m. EST.
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At the speed Project FIRE will attain, the termperature
of the gases in the shock wave area Just ahead of the blunt
reentry body will approach 20,0000 F. This temperature is
an indication of the energy which is transferred from the
speeding vehicle into the surrounding air. The energy trans-
ferred is great enough to break diatonic gas molecules into
individual atoms and to ionize many atoms.
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25,000 mph.
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tional 50 pounds.
third near the end of the heating period. Twc of the abla-
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region; the second near the corner of the front face; and
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thermocouples so that the complete spacecraft will in itself
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Velocit Package
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Launch Vehicle
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will obtain telemetry from the velocity package and the
or both.
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Mission Description
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tion system. Six cold gas attitude control jets use nitro-
of reentry.
shell is jettisoned.
and 20 seconds.
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package moves away from the spent rocket case and adapter
separation.
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Assistant Manager; Richard C. Dineldein, in charge of the
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was prime contractor for the Atlas launch vehicle and, under
Project FIRE.
Center.
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g \ ~Range 2544 mi. |I \
/5 I ~~Time 940 sec ,/ ~ t
/ 1500 4 002000
05000
GREAT CIRCLE EARTH TRACIK ®SPIN-uP.1574 sec/4601 ml.
/ ~5234m.
'SPLASH"
LAUNCH . (V/P SHELL JETTISON 1577 sec/4613 mi.
6(SPACECRAFT SEPARATION - 308.3 sec/486 mi. ®THRUST = ZERO AT 1640.2 sec/4958 mi.
I RIENTATION . .319.3 sec/535 mi. X 2 59 BURNOUT Alt. 452,458 ft.
2 3R/P SEPARATION Vel. 25,;26 mph
*®BOOSTER JETTISON
I.IFTOFF-2 INCH MOTION/T o. SEC FIRE Vehicle Trajectory and Flight Sequence of Events
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