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
- Slug
- 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.
- Manufacturer Id
- jd754p822eq7qbqrw26rf23hq97kq8av
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Vehicle Family Id
- nd7qsa8s6wwq7bbe8am6m06mex8afk3j
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 1:09:00 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 1:09:00 PM
Other
- First Flight Date
- 1959-09-09
- Last Flight Date
- 1959-09-09
- Serial Number
- 10-D
- Vehicle Code
- Atlas 10-D