Launch was a Partial Failure

Atlas LV-3B | Big Joe 1

Name: Atlas LV-3B | Big Joe 1
Start: 1959-09-09T08:19:00.000Z
End: 1959-09-09T08:19:00.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

September 9, 1959 at 8:19 AM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Atlas LV-3B | Big Joe 1 launch image — Mission imagery · Atlas LV-3B

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September 9, 1959 at 8:19 AM UTC

Status: Launch was a Partial Failure · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Space Launch Complex 14

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4910, -80.5469

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Rocket: Atlas LV-3B
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 14
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: September 9, 1959 at 8:19 AM UTC
Window closes: September 9, 1959 at 8:19 AM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:42 PM UTC

Mission description

Suborbital flight with the objective of testing the Mercury spacecraft ablative heat shield. The Atlas booster section failed to jettison, leading to a lower apogee. It was nonetheless sufficient to satisfy the Mercury spacecraft team.

Vehicle

Atlas LV-3B

Atlas · LV-3B

Height

28.7 m

Diameter

3 m

LEO capacity

1,360 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 14

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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