flown missionFailure
Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 3
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSpace Launch Complex 14 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Mercury-Atlas 3
- Type
- Test Flight
- Target orbit
- Suborbital (Sub)
- Weather probability
- 0% go
Uncrewed test flight of the Mercury program. The launch proceeded normally until about T+20 seconds when the pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate and the vehicle instead just continued flying straight upward, requiring early termination of the flight.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- Pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate.
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