flown missionPartial Failure

Little Joe | LJ-5A

National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Area 1 — Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Either the launch vehicle reached orbit but did not deliver its payload in the targeted orbit, or an exceptional event made it impossible to consider the mission a success.

mission

Name
LJ-5A
Type
Test Flight
Target orbit
Suborbital (Sub)

Uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. It was an attempted re-test of the failed Little Joe 5 flight.

schedule

NET (no earlier than)
Window opens
Window closes
Last updated

vehicle & provider

Rocket
Little Joe
Family
Little Joe
Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Type
Government
Country
USA

launch site

Pad
Launch Area 1
Location
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Country
USA
Timezone
America/New_York