Mercury
Mercury MS-1
Mercury MS-1 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Mercury Scout program.
Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Mercury MS-1 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Mercury Scout program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1961-F12; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 1 November 1961, 15:32 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex, Air Force Missile Test Center
- Launch vehicle
- Blue Scout II
- Orbit
- Atmospheric trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 1 November 1961
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Mercury MS-1
GCAT program: Mercury Scout.
- GCAT ID
- F00176
- Manufacturer
- Philco WDL
- Launch mass
- 68 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.5 m long · 1 m diameter · 1 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Mercury MS-1.
Verification
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