Blue Scout II | Mercury-Scout 1

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
• Rocket: Blue Scout II — Blue Scout family

Mission

Mercury-Scout 1, or MS-1, was a United States spacecraft intended to test tracking stations for Project Mercury flights. The launch of Mercury-Scout 1 on November 1, 1961 was unsuccessful, and the satellite failed to achieve orbit.

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 18B
• 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)