November 29, 1961 at 3:07 PM UTC
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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November 29, 1961 at 3:07 PM UTC
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Space Launch Complex 14
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4910, -80.5469
Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda, and Enos became the first primate from the United States and the third great ape to orbit the Earth.
Atlas · LV-3B
Height
28.7 m
Diameter
3 m
LEO capacity
1,360 kg
Successful launches
7
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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