SHEFEX II during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere

SHEFEX II during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere
Artist's impression of SHEFEX II during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. The frontal part of SHEFEX II will experience extremely high temperatures at altitudes between 100 and 20 kilometres as the spacecraft travels at a speed of almost three kilometres per second.
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DLR (CC-BY 3.0).

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