Little Joe 5A

launch escape system test flight during Project Mercury
Event rocket_launch Q1539060
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Little Joe 5A

Summary

Little Joe 5A is a rocket launch[1]. It draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (rocket_launch category, ranking #13 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Little Joe 5A is in the country of United States[3].
  • Little Joe 5A's image is recorded as Little joe 5a launch.jpg[4].
  • Little Joe 5A's instance of is recorded as rocket launch[5].
  • Little Joe 5A's instance of is recorded as launch escape test[6].
  • Little Joe 5A's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[7].
  • Little Joe 5A's logo image is recorded as Mercury insignia.png[8].
  • Little Joe 5A's follows is recorded as Mercury-Atlas 2[9].
  • Little Joe 5A's followed by is recorded as Mercury-Redstone Booster Development[10].
  • Little Joe 5A's manufacturer is recorded as McDonnell Aircraft Corporation[11].
  • Little Joe 5A's part of is recorded as Project Mercury[12].
  • Little Joe 5A's Commons category is recorded as Little Joe 5A[13].
  • Little Joe 5A's space launch vehicle is recorded as Little Joe[14].
  • Little Joe 5A's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1961-03-18T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Little Joe 5A's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1961-03-18T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Little Joe 5A's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/039xtt[17].
  • Little Joe 5A's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[18].
  • Little Joe 5A's significant event is recorded as landing[19].
  • Little Joe 5A's start point is recorded as Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 1[20].
  • Little Joe 5A's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+325'}[21].
  • Little Joe 5A's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+12.4'}[22].
  • Little Joe 5A's carries passengers or cargo is recorded as Mercury[23].

Why It Matters

Little Joe 5A draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (rocket_launch category, ranking #13 of 12).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Little Joe 5A. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-joe-5a
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_little-joe-5a_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Little Joe 5A}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-joe-5a}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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