Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 2

Name: Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 2
Start: 1961-02-21T14:10:00Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: February 21, 1961 at 02:10 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Atlas LV-3B
Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Test Flight