National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Successful

Mercury-Atlas 4

Atlas LV-3B

Wed, 13 Sep 1961 14:04:16 GMT

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Launch Successful

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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission

Mercury-Atlas 4 was an uncrewed suborbital test flight of the Mercury program.

Launch vehicle: Atlas LV-3B
Mission type: Test Flight
Destination orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft: Mercury No.8
Destination: Suborbital
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 14
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Programs: Mercury

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Launch vehicle

Atlas LV-3B

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.

Height: 28.7 m
Diameter: 3 m
Stages: 1
Recorded launches: 10
First flight: 1960-07-29

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RECORDED MOMENTWed, 13 Sep 1961 14:04:16 GMT

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Launch site & orbit

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

NASA Blue Marble map of Earth's continents and oceans — Representative orbit · accelerated illustrationNo live tracking or simulated ascent. NASA Blue Marble.

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The vehicle

Atlas LV-3B

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Launch site & orbit

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