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LJ-1A (4)
- Little Joe 1A
- Wallops Island Pad xx ()
- Little Joe (3)
Crew: Unmanned
Milestones: n/a
Payload: Boilerplate Spacecraft
Mission Objective: Max Q abort and Escape Test
Orbit:
- Altitude: 9 statute miles
- Orbits: 0
- Duration: 0 Days, 0 hours, 8 min, 11 seconds
- Distance: 11 statute miles
- Velocity: 2,022 mph
- Max Q: 168 psf
- Max G: 16.9
Launch: November 4, 1959
The launching of
LJ-1A "Little Joe" on Nov. 1959 took place at Wallops Island, Va.
this is the second attempt to launch an instrumented capsule with a Little
Joe booster, The purpose of the flight was to test the escape system under
the maximum dynamic pressure conditions of an Atlas flight or about 1,000
pounds per square foot. Though the launch and recovery were successful,
researchers were not able to test the escape system at maximum aerodynamic
loads on this flight. Subsequent launches were successful and the Little Joe
program proved the general concept of the Mercury system to be sound.
Landing: n/a
Mission Highlights: Mission listed as a partial success
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