LJ-1B was the sixth unmanned launch of the Mercury Project and the second to carry a primate.

Crew
Miss Sam (a monkey)

Milestones
n/a

Payload
Boilerplate Spacecraft

Mission Objective
Max Q abort and Escape Test

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

Launch
January 21, 1960. Wallops Island

Landing
n/a

Mission Highlights
Mission successful. Time Weightless: 28 seconds

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