NASA Atlas LV-3B Mercury-Atlas 8
Atlas LV-3B
Status
Success
Date
3 OCT 1962
12:15
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 14
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Overview
Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying Sigma 7 spacecraft carried astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. to orbit where he completed 6 orbits lasting a total of 9 hours and 13 minutes. The mission goal was to compete engineering tests and all objectives were met.
Rocket
Atlas LV-3B
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
1
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit. Manufactured by American aircraft manufacturing company Convair, it was derived from the SM-65D Atlas missile, and was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.
Height
28.7 m
Diameter
3 m
Launch Mass
120 T
Thrust
1,300 kN