Manifest / 01Go
The Lightning God Defends (iQPS Launch 8)
Electron
ProviderRocket Lab
PadUnknown Pad
DateAug 20, 2026
Time (UTC)01:00 PM UTC
Launch clockT– to liftoff
T-:::
Confirmed to the minute00
07
00
31
Back to launches
Success
Mercury-Redstone 1A
Redstone MRLVNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Complex 5
Monday, December 19, 1960 · 04:15 PM UTC
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
Mercury-Redstone 1A (MR-1A) was launched on December 19, 1960 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission objectives of this uncrewed suborbital flight were to qualify the spacecraft for space flight and qualify the system for an upcoming primate suborbital flight.
PayloadMercury-Redstone 1A
OrbitSuborbital
CustomerMercury
StagesUnknown
PadLaunch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Launch Complex 5
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 28.439°N
- Longitude
- 80.573°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
04:15 PM UTC - 04:15 PM UTC
Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Profile →USA • Founded 1958
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and...
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.
