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National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch SuccessfulTest FlightAtlas LV-3B
Launched 1961-02-21 14:10 UTCSpace Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Suborbital
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
3rd
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 14
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
207 d
since the pad's previous launch
Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) was an unmanned test flight of the Mercury program using the Atlas rocket. It launched on February 21, 1961 at 14:10 UTC, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1958 · Administrator Jared Isaacman
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Upcoming
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scheduled
Height
28.7m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
1,360kg
Liftoff thrust
1,300kN
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