Big Joe 1 - rocket launch details

Launch time9 Sep 195908:19 UTC

partial failure

Orbit: Suborbital

Serial number: 10D

Booster jettison failed due to bad electrical contacts. Planned range not achieved. Boilerplate Mercury capsule successfully recovered.

Rocket AtlasD

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-14USA

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Big Joe 1	Mercury test	-	-