Atlas D | FIRE 2
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.
The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile. Atlas D was first used as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to deliver a nuclear weapon payload on a suborbital trajectory. It was later developed as a launch vehicle to carry a payload to low Earth orbit on its own, and later to geosynchronous orbit, to the Moon, Venus, or Mars with the Agena or Centaur upper stage.
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Mission Profile
FIRE 2 was a Atlas D mission operated by United States Air Force that lifted off from Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 22, 1965. The flight carried its payload on a materials science mission to Suborbital. The launch was a success.