List of articles in "Satellite" category - Page 158

The Beach Abort was an unmanned test in NASA’s Project Mercury of the Mercury spacecraft Launch Escape System. Objectives of the test were a performance evaluation of the escape system […]

Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) was launched unmanned on February 21 1961 at 14:10 UTC from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Florida.Test objectives for this flight were concerned with the ability […]

Little Joe 1A (LJ-1A) was an unmanned rocket launched as part of NASA’s Mercury program on November 4 1959. This flight a repeat of the Little Joe 1 (LJ-1) launch […]

Little Joe 1 (LJ-1) was a failed launch of a Little Joe solid fuel rocket that was designed to test the Mercury spacecraft Launch Escape and Recovery systems. The vehicle […]

Mercury-Scout 1 or MS-1 was a United States spacecraft intended to test tracking stations for Project Mercury flights. It grew out of a May 5 1961 NASA proposal to use […]

Mercury-Atlas 4 was an unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on September 13 1961 at 14:09 UTC from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Florida. A Crewman […]

Vanguard 3 (international designation 1959 Eta 1) is a scientific satellite that was launched into Earth orbit by a Vanguard rocket on September 18 1959 the third successful Vanguard launch […]

Vanguard 2 or Vanguard II is an earth-orbiting satellite launched February 17 1959 aboard a Vanguard SLV 4 rocket as part of the United States Navy’s Project Vanguard. The satellite […]

Flight 15P of SpaceShipOne (X0) was the first privately funded human spaceflight. It took place on June 21 2004. It was the fourth powered test flight of the Tier One […]

Mercury-Redstone BD was an unmanned 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 […]