Sunday, January 26, 2003

Sigma 7

  1962-052A


The Mercury-Atlas 8 flight was named Sigma Seven by pilot Wally Schirra. Launched atop Atlas 113D from pad 14 at Cape Canaveral, the Mercury flight lasted 8 hours.


MA-8 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1962 Oct 3  1215:11  Launch  
 1217:19  Booster sep 
 1217:44  LES sep 
 1220:26  SECO
 1220:29  Atlas 113D sep 
 1220  Posigrade burn 
 1332   88.92 156 x 286 x 32.6 
 2106:41  Retrofire 
 2108:11  Retropack sep 
 2116:51  Entry 
 2128:22  Splashdown in Pacific 
 2209  Recovered by USS Kearsage 

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