Missile, Reentry Vehicle, RVX1-5

Recovered ballistic missile reentry vehicle consists of a cylinder with a conical base. Attached nose cap is a mock-up as the real nose cap was accessioned separately as #1963-0429. Some ablative material from the real nose cap flowed back onto the top portion of the cylinder. Wood and metal cylinder/conical base. Nose cap mock-up is plaste; also\ said to contain Avcoite, developed by RAD and produced by the Lycoming Div. of Avco Corp., Stratford, Conn..