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Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5)

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

15:07:57

Wednesday November 29, 1961

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Mission Details

Mercury-Atlas 5

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Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Retired
Atlas-D Mercury

Active 1959 to 1963

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Agency

NASA

Rocket

Height: 28.7m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,360 kg

Liftoff Thrust

1,880 Kilonewtons

Stages

2

Launch Site

LC-14

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

14 days 23 hours

Stats

Atlas LV-3B

6th

Mission

4th

Mission of 1961

1961

46th

Orbital launch attempt