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Sharp Edge Flight Experiment

SHEFEX (Sharp Edge Flight Experiment), is an experiment conducted by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), for the development of some new, cheaper and safer design principles for space capsules, hypersonic vehicles and spaceplanes with re-entry capability in the atmosphere and their integration into a complete system.

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SHEFEX I, SHEFEX II & SHEFEX III

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SHEFEX I

6 related topics

SHEFEX II

6 related topics

SHEFEX III

2 related topics

REX Free Flyer (SHEFEX IV)

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First spacecraft with sharp corners and edges

SHEFEX I

SHEFEX II

SHEFEX III

REX Free Flyer (SHEFEX IV)

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Sharp Edge Flight Experiment

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Avg. degree1.93
Density0.066667
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shefex space dlr re-entry spacecraft sharp flight experiments project experiment ii german tiles rocket new system high atmosphere first edges

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