Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 4
Status: Success | Launched: Sep 13, 1961 14:04 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
- Rocket: Atlas LV-3B — Atlas family
Mission
Mercury-Atlas 4 was an uncrewed suborbital test flight of the Mercury program.
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Space Launch Complex 14
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Program
- Mercury — Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. (Wikipedia)
Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-10-08T01:01:54.797344+00:00.