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National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch FailureTest FlightAtlas LV-3B
Launched 1961-04-25 16:15 UTCSpace Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Suborbital
Atlas LV-3B lifted off with Mercury-Atlas 3, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What National Aeronautics and Space Administration finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
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.
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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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Height
28.7m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
1,360kg
Liftoff thrust
1,300kN
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