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Mercury 6
Crew
Glenn
20 February 1962
15:47 GMT.
Duration
: 0.21 days.
Call Sign
: Friendship 7.
Backup Crew:
Carpenter
.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC14.
Launch Vehicle
:
Atlas D
.
LV Configuration
: Atlas D Mercury s/n 109D. Program:
Mercury
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spacecraft.
Spacecraft
:
Mercury
.
Payload
: Mercury SC13.
Mass
: 1,355 kg.
Location of Spacecraft
: National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC.
Perigee
: 159 km.
Apogee
: 265 km.
Inclination
: 32.5 deg.
Period
: 88.6 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
26
,
33
,
59
,
60
,
278
.
Mercury 6
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