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Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 1A

December 19, 1960 at 4:15 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 1A launch image
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December 19, 1960 at 4:15 PM UTC

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Launch Complex 5

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4394, -80.5733

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Launch site
Launch Complex 5

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Mission description

Mercury-Redstone 1A (MR-1A) was launched on December 19, 1960 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission objectives of this uncrewed suborbital flight were to qualify the spacecraft for space flight and qualify the system for an upcoming primate suborbital flight.

Vehicle

Redstone MRLV

Redstone · MRLV

Height

25.41 m

Diameter

1.78 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

Successful launches

5

Launch complex

Launch Complex 5

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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