Status
Failure
Mercury-Scout 1
Launch Time
Wed Nov 01, 1961 15:32 UTC
Wed Nov 01, 1961 15:32 UTC
Guidance failed at T+28s. Range safety destruct command issued at T+43s.
Rocket
Mission Details
Mercury-Scout 1
Mercury-Scout 1, or MS-1, was a United States spacecraft intended to test tracking stations for Project Mercury flights. It grew out of a May 5, 1961 NASA proposal to use Scout rockets to launch small satellites to evaluate the worldwide Mercury Tracking Network in preparation for manned orbital missions. The launch of Mercury-Scout 1 on November 1, 1961 was unsuccessful, and the satellite failed to achieve orbit.
Electricity came from 1500 watt-hours stored in chemical batteries.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 68.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-18B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1961
40th orbital launch attempt
Blue Scout II
1st mission
1st mission of 1961
1st failed mission