Category:Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment
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- English: Images relating to the Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiments (IRVE). IRVE-2 launched on August 17, 2009, aboard a Black Brant IX sounding rocket to an altitude of 131 miles (211 km). IRVE-3 launched on July 23, 2012, aboard a Black Brant XI sounding rocket to an altitude of 288 miles (463 km).