MA-6

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/MA-6
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:apogee 265 km
gptkbp:backupCrew gptkb:Scott_Carpenter
gptkb:Donald_Slayton
gptkb:Walter_Schirra
gptkbp:callsign gptkb:Friendship_7
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:duration 4 hours, 55 minutes, 23 seconds
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_7
gptkbp:goal First American orbital spaceflight
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label MA-6
gptkbp:inclination 32.5 degrees
gptkbp:landingDate gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
1962-02-20
gptkbp:launchDate 1962-02-20
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_LC-14
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Atlas_LV-3B
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_6
gptkbp:missionPatch gptkb:Friendship_7_insignia
gptkbp:notableAchievement John Glenn became first American to orbit Earth
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitsCompleted 3
gptkbp:orbitType 88 minutes
gptkbp:perihelion 159 km
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_5
gptkbp:program gptkb:Project_Mercury
gptkbp:recoveryShip gptkb:USS_Noa
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Friendship_7
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Project_Mercury
gptkb:Mercury_program
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5