The results of an experimental study of the effect of reducing the adiabatic wall temperature (aerodynamic cooling) for a case of separated supersonic flow behind a backward-facing ledge are presented. The study was conducted on unsteady-state regime during the launching a wind tunnel before reaching the equilibrium thermal state. The parameters of thermal gas dynamics were compared with the results obtained for the case of continuous flow around the smooth wall. The free-stream Mach number was 2.2, the Reynolds number along the length of the dynamic boundary layer was at least 20 million at the nozzle exit section. The height of the step ranged from 8 to 12 mm. The graphs of the wall temperature, stagnation flow temperature, adiabatic wall temperature, the total and static pressure, the heat flux, the distribution of the temperature recovery coefficient and the relative Stanton number along the length of the model are presented. The studies were carried out in the joint inter-university laboratory of MSU-BMSTU "Thermal Gas Dynamics" on the experimental base of the