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Mercury-Scout 1
Blue Scout II · Communications
1961Launch Complex 18B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Mercury-Scout 1, or MS-1, was a United States spacecraft intended to test tracking stations for Project Mercury flights. The launch of Mercury-Scout 1 on November 1, 1961 was unsuccessful, and the satellite failed to achieve orbit.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NASA
- Rocket
- Blue Scout II
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 18B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2