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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 6
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Successful

Mercury-Atlas 6

Atlas LV-3B

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This page records Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 6 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission

Mercury-Atlas 6 was the third crewed spaceflight for the United States. The spacecraft, named Friendship 7, completed three orbits making John Glenn the first United States astronaut to orbit Earth. The mission lasted for 4 hours, 55 minutes & 23seconds.

Launch vehicle
Atlas LV-3B
Mission type
Human Exploration
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft
Mercury No.13
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 14
Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Programs
Mercury

The vehicle

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Atlas LV-3B
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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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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