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Atmospheric Re-Entry Demonstrator (ARD)
Successful flight of the Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator (ARD) in late 1998 marked the first civil atmospheric reentry and recovery achieved by European nations. Launched on an Ariane 5 from the Guiana space port in Korou, French Guiana, the capsule reached a maximum altitude of 830 km before descent to reentry and a splashdown within 5 km of its target point. The project was conducted primarily to validate existing and future ground-based experimental and numerical aerothermodynamic models, to qualify the design of thermal protection materials, and to help assess navigation, guidance and control system performance.
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