March 24, 1961 at 5:30 PM UTC
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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March 24, 1961 at 5:30 PM UTC
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Launch Complex 5
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4394, -80.5733
Mercury-Redstone BD was an uncrewed booster development flight in the U.S. Mercury program. It was launched on March 24, 1961 from Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission used a boilerplate Mercury spacecraft and Redstone MRLV-5.
Redstone · MRLV
Height
25.41 m
Diameter
1.78 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
Successful launches
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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