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Mercury-Atlas 6

Feb 20, 1962, 2:47 PM UTC · Launch Successful

Mission stages

1 linked record

The source has not linked another mission stage.

Previous recorded flight of the same rocket configuration: Mercury-Atlas 5, Nov 29, 1961, 3:07 PM UTC.

Published flight records. A dash means the source has not supplied a value.
Field	Previous flight	This flight
Mission	Mercury-Atlas 5	Mercury-Atlas 6Different
Purpose	Test Flight	Human ExplorationDifferent
Orbit	Low Earth Orbit	Low Earth Orbit
Launch site	Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA	Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Vehicle	Atlas LV-3B	Atlas LV-3B
Spacecraft	9	13Different
Booster	—	—

spacecraft

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