Mercury 10: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Mercury 10

Mission Insignia
Mission Statistics
Mission Name:	Mercury MA-10
Call Sign:	Freedom 7-II
Number of Crew Members:	1
Planned Launch:	October, 1963 --:--:-- UTC Cape Canaveral Complex 14
Planned Landing:	October, 1963 --:--:-- UTC
Planned Duration:	72 hours - 00 minutes 00 seconds
Planned Number of Orbits:	48

Mercury 10 was planned as a 3-day, 48-orbit mission. I was to be launched in October, 1963. Alan Shepard was to be the pilot.

Crew

• Alan Shepard

• Mass: ~1,300 kg - Planned
• Perigee: ~160 km - Planned
• Apogee: ~265 km - Planned
• Inclination: 32.5° - Planned
• Period: ~88.5 min - Planned

Reference

• This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury - NASA SP-4201
• NASA NSSDC Master Catalog
• (1) Source: Electrical Systems, NASA Apollo Program Working Paper No. 1287, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Tex., April 7, 1967.