Status
Success
Mercury-Atlas 4 (MA-4)
Launch Time
Wed Sep 13, 1961 14:04 UTC
Wed Sep 13, 1961 14:04 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Mercury-Atlas 4
Mercury-Atlas 4 was an unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on September 13, 1961 at 14:09 UTC from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. A Crewman Simulator instrument package was aboard. The craft orbited the Earth once.
Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-14, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1961
34th orbital launch attempt
Atlas LV-3B
5th mission
3rd mission of 1961
2nd successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission