1963-015A
The MA-9 mission was flown by Major Gordon Cooper, USAF, who named the spaceship Faith Seven.
At 1629 the first deployment of a subsatellite from a piloted spaceship occurred - the subsatellite carried a 5 kg flashing light to see if the astronaut could observe it - he did not for some time, but picked it up at 1810. On the sixth orbit, a Mylar balloon was meant to be deployed, but it failed to eject.
Toward the end of the mission, the electrical power system failed. Cooper made a manual reentry and landed close to the target point.
| MA-9 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 May 15 | 1304:13 | Launch by Atlas 130D | |
| 1306:25 | BECO, staging | ||
| 1309:16 | SECO, orbit insertion | ||
| 1309 | Atlas sep | ||
| 1629 | Flashing light subsat deploy | ||
| 1700 | 88.79 163 x 265 x 32.5 | ||
| 2205 | Mylar balloon failed to deploy | ||
| 2210 | Second attempt to deploy | ||
| 1963 May 16 | 2304:06 | Retrofire | |
| 2305:06? | Retropack jettison | ||
| 2311 | Entry | ||
| 2324:02 | Splashdown in Atlantic Ocean | ||
| 2355 | Recovered by USS Kearsage | ||
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