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Mercury-Atlas 6

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time20 Feb 196214:47 UTC

success

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: 109D

Carried John Glenn into orbit. First American orbital manned flight.

Rocket AtlasD

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-14USA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Mercury-Atlas 6Manned spacecraft--