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Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone BD

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 24, 1961, 5:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mercury-Redstone BD was an uncrewed booster development flight in the U.S. Mercury program. It was launched on March 24, 1961 from Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission used a boilerplate Mercury spacecraft and Redstone MRLV-5.

Suborbital
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Little Joe | LJ-5A

North American Aviation | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
March 18, 1961, 4:49 p.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Mission:

Uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. It was an attempted re-test of the failed Little Joe 5 flight.

Suborbital
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Vostok-K | Sputnik 9

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 9, 1961, 6:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Juno II | S-45

Army Ballistic Missile Agency | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 25, 1961, 12:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 3B & LOFTI-1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 22, 1961, 3:45 a.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 2

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 21, 1961, 2:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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.

Suborbital
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 21 (MIDAS RM-2)

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 18, 1961, 10:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 17, 1961, 8:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout X-1 | Explorer 9

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Feb. 16, 1961, 1:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Molniya 8K78 | Venera-1VA 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 12, 1961, 12:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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