SHEFEX 2 - The Vehicle, Subsystems and Mission Concept for a Hypersonic Re-entry Flight Experiment

• Main Authors: Turner, John, Hörschgen, Marcus, Jung, Wolfgang, Turner, Peter
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: German
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Mobile Raketenbasis; Andøya; Norway
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/81994/

The first launch of the SHarp Edge Flight EXperiment (SHEFEX) was from Andøya Rocket Range (ARR) Norway, in October 2005. Its purpose was to investigate the aerodynamic behaviour and thermal problems of an unconventional shape for re-entry vehicles comprising multi-facetted surfaces with sharp edges...