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The Atlas LV-3B was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit.Manufactured by American aircraft manufacturing company Convair, it was derived from the SM-65D Atlas missile, and was a member of the Atlas family of rockets. [2]
The Mercury mission numbering system was: a two-letter designation marking the launch vehicle type, followed by a dash, then a number designating the flight/test number. The Atlas launch vehicles used for Project Mercury were given a two- or three-digit number followed by a "-D", indicating that they were the "D" version of the Atlas.
Mercury-Atlas 1 (MA-1) was the first attempt to launch a Mercury capsule and occurred on July 29, 1960 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft was unmanned and carried no launch escape system . The Atlas rocket suffered a structural failure 58 seconds after launch at an altitude of approximately 30,000 feet (9.1 km) and 11,000 feet (3.4 km ...
The last Atlas E/F spacecraft launch was conducted on 24 March 1995, using a rocket which had originally been built as an Atlas-E. The last Atlas E/F launch to use a rocket which had originally been built as an Atlas-F was conducted on 23 June 1981. [13] Atlas E/F was used to launch the Block I series of GPS satellites from 1978 to 1985. The ...
The rocket by itself stood 67 feet (20 m) high; total height of the Atlas-Mercury space vehicle at launch was 95 feet (29 m). [ 133 ] The Atlas first stage was a booster skirt with two engines burning liquid fuel.
Crew size Length (m) Diameter (m) Launch mass (kg) Power system Recovery method Payload (kg) ‡ First spaceflight § Last spaceflight Flights § Mercury USA: McDonnell Aircraft North American Aviation: LEO attained: Redstone MRLV Atlas LV-3B: 1: 3.34: 1.89: 1,400 Batteries Parachute splashdown (one drogue, one main) 1961 (1960) 1963: 6 (12 ...
Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final crewed space mission of the U.S. Mercury program, launched on May 15, 1963, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft, named Faith 7 , completed 22 Earth orbits before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean , piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper , then a United States Air Force major .
Mercury Atlas-3: Tuesday, April 25, 1961 11:15 AM EST [b] [5] Failure First flight of the Atlas LV-3B. Was an uncrewed test flight. Resulted in failure. The cause remains disputed. 2 Uncrewed Mercury Atlas-4: Wednesday, September 13, 1961 10:04 AM EDT [6] Success Second uncrewed test flight. The launch was successful. 3 Uncrewed Mercury Atlas-5