Mercury-Atlas 6 mission

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mercury-Atlas_6_mission
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:apogee 265 km
gptkbp:backupCrew gptkb:Scott_Carpenter
gptkbp:callsign gptkb:Friendship_7
gptkbp:crew 1
gptkbp:duration 4 hours, 55 minutes, 23 seconds
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_7
gptkbp:goal Orbit Earth and return safely
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mercury-Atlas 6 mission
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_109-D
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Friendship_7
gptkbp:missionOutcome Success
gptkbp:missionPatch gptkb:Friendship_7_insignia
gptkbp:missionType crewed orbital spaceflight
gptkbp:notableAchievement First American orbital spaceflight
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitsCompleted 3
gptkbp:orbitType 88 minutes
gptkbp:payload gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkbp:perihelion 159 km
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_5
gptkbp:program gptkb:Project_Mercury
gptkbp:recoveryShip gptkb:USS_Noa
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Mercury_No._13
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Friendship_7_insignia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6