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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 5

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 5
Type
Test Flight
Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Weather probability
0% go

Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda, and Enos became the first primate from the United States and the third great ape to orbit the Earth.

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