Mercury
Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4)
Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4) is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Mercury MR program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4) is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Mercury MR program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1961-S216; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 21 July 1961
- Launch location
- Not documented
- Launch vehicle
- Not documented
- Orbit
- Suborbital trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 21 July 1961
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4)
GCAT program: Mercury MR.
- GCAT ID
- R04947
- Manufacturer
- McDonnell Aircraft
- Launch mass
- 1,300 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.9 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 2.9 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4).
Verification
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