LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Wed Sep 13 1961
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mercury-Atlas 4

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(2:04 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(2:04 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(2:04 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas LV-3B

Description:

The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit. Manufactured by American aircraft manufacturing company Convair, it was derived from the SM-65D Atlas missile, and was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.

Atlas LV-3B rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Test Flight
  • Mercury-Atlas 4 was an uncrewed suborbital test flight of the Mercury program.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 14