Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
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 was 48 ft (15 m) in height weighed approximately 43000 lb (20000 kg) and was 80 in (2.0 m) in diameter with a fin span of 21.3 ft (6.5 m).
