MR-BD was the fifteenth unmanned launch of the Mercury Project.

Crew
Unmanned

Milestones
n/a

Payload
Boilerplate Spacecraft, Launch Vehicle S/N MR-5

Mission Objective
Perfect Mercury Redstone Booster Operations.
Qualify booster for manned operation.

Orbit
Altitude: 113.5 statute miles
Orbits: 0
Duration: 0 Days, 0 hours, 8 min, 23 seconds
Distance: 307 statute miles
Velocity: 5,123
Max Q: 580
Max G: 11

Launch
March 24, 1961, 12:30am EST, Cape Canaveral

Landing
n/a

Mission Highlights
Mission fully successful.

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