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Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator

Suborbital Launch Vehicle

The Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator, also called the Advanced Reentry Demonstrator, was a suborbital reentry vehicle developed and operated by the European Space Agency. It was flown for experimental purposes, to validate the multiple reentry technologies built into the vehicle and its overall design, and to gain a better understanding of the physical phenomena encountered during atmospheric reentry. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Status
Status (category)
Mission Complete / Ended 1
Launch Date
1998-10-21 2
Sources
1. Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator (Wikipedia)
the ARD performed a guided reentry back to Earth before splashing down...the vehicle was found to have performed wellView the Source
2. Wikidata: Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator
Wikidata Q757510, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia: Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator
In Group: Uncrewed Atmospheric Reentry Test Vehicles, lead sentence: European Space Agency suborbital reentry vehicle, developed for experimental purposesView the Source
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