Mercury
Mercury MA-3
Mercury MA-3 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Mercury MA program.
Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Mercury MA-3 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Mercury MA program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1961-F03; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 25 April 1961, 16:15 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex, Air Force Missile Test Center
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas D
- Orbit
- Atmospheric trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 25 April 1961
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Mercury MA-3
GCAT program: Mercury MA.
- GCAT ID
- F00149
- Manufacturer
- McDonnell Aircraft
- Launch mass
- 1,200 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.9 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 2.9 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Mercury MA-3.
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