Mercury
Mercury P
Mercury P is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Mercury LJ program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Mercury P is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Mercury LJ program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1959-A187; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 4 November 1959
- Launch location
- Not documented
- Launch vehicle
- Not documented
- Orbit
- Atmospheric trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 4 November 1959
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Mercury P
GCAT program: Mercury LJ.
- GCAT ID
- L06369
- Manufacturer
- MCDA/LARC
- Launch mass
- 1,300 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.9 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 2.9 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Mercury P.
Verification
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