 Objectives were to investigate every avenue for enhanced data output and maximum data accuracy and usefulness.Theoretical studies and experiments were made to augment the data comparisons and evaluations; such studies embraced the computational areas of numerical, mathematical, and statistical analysis, analog and digital simulation, and computer programming as well as the many physical sciences associated with missile flight and atmospheric re-entry.One of the most important facets of re-entry physics is the interaction of plasmas and ionized wakes with electromagnetic waves.