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Mercury-Atlas 2

successAtlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 2

Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) was an unmanned test flight of the Mercury program using the Atlas rocket. It launched on February 21, 1961 at 14:10 UTC, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Overview

Date / time: February 21, 1961 at 02:10 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 14
Mission: Mercury-Atlas 2
Mission type: Test Flight
Orbit achieved: Suborbital

Launch vehicle

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Launch provider

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