LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Wed Sep 13 1961
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mercury-Atlas 4
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Atlas LV-3BDescription:
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.
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