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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 6
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 6
- Type
- Human Exploration
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Mercury-Atlas 6 was the third crewed spaceflight for the United States. The spacecraft, named Friendship 7, completed three orbits making John Glenn the first United States astronaut to orbit Earth. The mission lasted for 4 hours, 55 minutes & 23seconds.
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