Mission record

Little Joe | LJ-6

Little Joe· Launch Area 1· Partial Failure
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Sub
Mission type
Test Flight
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sun, 04 Oct 1959 10:00:00 GMT

Mission

The Little Joe 6 was a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program.

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