Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 3
Launch Failure
Pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate.L - -- : -- : -- : --
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
April 25, 1961, 4:15 p.m. - April 25, 1961, 4:15 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
April 25, 1961, 4:15 p.m. - April 25, 1961, 4:15 p.m.
Uncrewed test flight of the Mercury program. The launch proceeded normally until about T+20 seconds when the pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate and the vehicle instead just continued flying straight upward, requiring early termination of the flight.
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.
Mercury No.8 is the Mercury capsule used for the Mercury-Atlas 3 and 4 missions.
Mercury Details
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