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LJ-1A
Little Joe · Test Flight
1959Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility
Mission
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, was to test a launch abort under high aerodynamic load conditions. Due to a delayed in the escape motor startup, the abort maneuver was not accomplished at the desired dynamic pressure, requiring a repeat of the test.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NASA
- Rocket
- Little Joe
- Orbit
- Sub
- Pad
- Launch Area 1
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2