flown missionSuccess
Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 2
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSpace Launch Complex 14 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Mercury-Atlas 2
- Type
- Test Flight
- Target orbit
- Suborbital (Sub)
Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) was an unmanned test flight of the Mercury program using the Atlas rocket. It launched on February 21, 1961 at 14:10 UTC, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas LV-3B
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- LV-3B
- Provider
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 14
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4910, -80.5469