Atlas-Big Joe 10-D
Atlas 10-D launched Big Joe 1 from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14 on 9 September 1959. Its two booster engines failed to separate after burnout, reducing velocity and leaving the recovered boilerplate Mercury capsule about 500 miles short of its planned impact point, but the spacecraft's ablative heat-shield test succeeded.
Identity
- Aliases
- Atlas 10-DBig Joe 1 launch vehicleBJ-1 launch vehicle
- Name
- Atlas-Big Joe 10-D
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- Atlas 10-D launched Big Joe 1 from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14 on 9 September 1959. Its two booster engines failed to separate after burnout, reducing velocity and leaving the recovered boilerplate Mercury capsule about 500 miles short of its planned impact point, but the spacecraft's ablative heat-shield test succeeded.
- First Flight Date
- 1959-09-09
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Vehicle Family
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 13:09:00 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 13, 2026 at 13:09:00 UTC
Other
- Last Flight Date
- 1959-09-09
- Search Name
- Atlas-Big Joe 10-D Atlas 10-D Big Joe 1 launch vehicle BJ-1 launch vehicle
- Serial Number
- 10-D
- Vehicle Code
- Atlas 10-D