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Mercury-Atlas VI | Apex Andromeda

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration↗

United StatesCrewed mission

Mercury

Mercury-Atlas VI

UV spectrograph.

Mission imagery

archive

Completed or retired · Historical mission record

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Overview

The mission

UV spectrograph. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1962 GAM; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.

Launch profile

The launch

Launch: 20 February 1962, 14:47:39 UTC
Launch location: Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex, Air Force Missile Test Center
Launch vehicle: Atlas D
Orbit: Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)

Trajectory

Mission timeline

Interactive playback

Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.

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Mission outcome

Mission ended — Completed or retired

Operations concluded · 20 February 1962

Historical mission record

GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.

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Hardware

Spacecraft

Spaceflight element

Mercury-Atlas VI

UV spectrograph.

GCAT ID: S00240
Manufacturer: McDonnell Aircraft
Launch mass: 1,155 kg
Dimensions: 2.9 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 2.9 m span

Visual archive

Gallery

9 images from Mercury-Atlas VI.

NASA Blue Marble view of Earth showing the Western Hemisphere, oceans, clouds, and continents — NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; image by Reto Stöckli; enhancements by Robert Simmon · Source terms applySource ↗

Atlas launch — National Aeronautics and Space Administration. — Apex Andromeda collection · Owned asset — production use authorized by rights holder

Atlas rocket — National Aeronautics and Space Administration. — Apex Andromeda collection · Owned asset — production use authorized by rights holder

Friendship 7 launch — National Aeronautics and Space Administration. — Apex Andromeda collection · Owned asset — production use authorized by rights holder

Verification

Sources

GCAT psatcat payload catalogmachine-readable catalog
GCAT — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objectscatalog (CC BY 4.0)

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Glenn in capsule — National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Apex Andromeda collection · Owned asset — production use authorized by rights holder

Glenn inflight camera — National Aeronautics and Space Administration. — Apex Andromeda collection · Owned asset — production use authorized by rights holder

Insertion — National Aeronautics and Space Administration. — Apex Andromeda collection · Owned asset — production use authorized by rights holder

Mission control — National Aeronautics and Space Administration. — Apex Andromeda collection · Owned asset — production use authorized by rights holder

Spacesuit — National Aeronautics and Space Administration. — Apex Andromeda collection · Owned asset — production use authorized by rights holder