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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
15:30:04
Tuesday October 13, 1959
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Active 1958 to 1961
Agency
Rocket
Height: 24m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 41 kg
Liftoff Thrust
667 Kilonewtons
Stages
4
Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Fastest Turnaround
28 days 2 hours
5th
Mission
4th
Mission of 1959
20th
Orbital launch attempt
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