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1964 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Reentry-4A

successScout X-4A | Reentry-4A

Test of Apollo-type ablator materials at lunar reentry heating levels.

Overview

Date / time
August 18, 1964 at 06:05 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Area 3
Mission
Reentry-4A
Mission type
Materials Science
Orbit achieved
Suborbital
Launch vehicle
Scout X-4A →
Launch provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration →

Payloads deployed · 3

COSMOS 38
LEO
COSMOS 39
LEO
COSMOS 40
LEO