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Little Joe (4)

Crew: Sam (a monkey)

Milestones: n/a

Payload: Boilerplate Spacecraft  

Mission Objective:  Primate escape at high altitude

Orbit:

Altitude: 53 statute miles

Orbits: 0

Duration: 0 Days, 0 hours, 11 min, 6 seconds

Distance: 194 statute miles

Velocity: 4,466 mph

Max Q: 2,150 psf

Max G: 14.8

Launch: December 4, 1959 Wallops Island

Landing: n/a


Mission Highlights: Mission successful. Weightless time 3 min 13 seconds