Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 1

Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 1

Space Launch Complex 14
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Mercury-Atlas 1

Mercury-Atlas 1 (MA-1) was the first attempt to launch a Mercury capsule and occurred on July 29, 1960 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft was unmanned and carried no launch escape system. The Atlas rocket suffered a structural failure 58 seconds after launch at an altitude of approximately 30,000 feet (9.1 km) and 11,000 feet (3.4 km) down range.

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Mercury No.4


Serial 4

Launch Crew Count 0

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 1960-07-29T13:13:00+0000


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Atlas LV-3B


Height 28.70 Meters

Max Stages 1

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 1300 kN

Diameter 3.00 Meters

Mass To LEO 1360 kg

Liftoff Mass 120 Tonnes


Launch Success 7

Consecutive Success 6

Maiden Flight 1960-07-29

Launch Failures 3


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Mercury

Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.

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