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Mercury-Atlas 3

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time25 Apr 196116:15 UTC

failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: 100D

First attempted orbital Mercury launch. Pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate due to short or open circuit in missile programmer. RSO T+43 seconds. Capsule successfully recovered.

Rocket AtlasD

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-14USA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Mercury-Atlas 3Unmanned spacecraft--