LJ-1B (6)

Little Joe 1B

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Little Joe (5)

Crew:

Miss Sam (a monkey)

Milestones:

Payload:

Boilerplate Spacecraft

Mission Objective:

Max Q abort and escape test

Launch:

January 21, 1960. Wallops Island

Orbit:

Altitude: 9 statute miles

Orbits: 0

Duration: 0 Days, 0 hours, 8 min, 35 seconds

Distance: 12 statute miles

Velocity: 2,022 mph

Max Q: 1,070 psf

Max G: 4.5

Landing:

Mission Highlights:

Mission successful. Time Weightless 28 seconds

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