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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Blue Scout II | Mercury-Scout 1
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
Mercury-Scout 1, or MS-1, was a United States spacecraft intended to test tracking stations for Project Mercury flights. The launch of Mercury-Scout 1 on November 1, 1961 was unsuccessful, and the satellite failed to achieve orbit.
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