Mercury-Atlas 3

test flight of the Atlas rocket and Mercury spacecraft
Event rocket_launch Q605642
Mercury-Atlas 3
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Mercury-Atlas 3

Summary

Mercury-Atlas 3 is a rocket launch[1]. It draws 119 Wikipedia views per month (rocket_launch category, ranking #3 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mercury-Atlas 3 is in the country of United States[3].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's image is recorded as Mercury-Atlas 3 launch.jpg[4].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's instance of is recorded as rocket launch[5].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's instance of is recorded as flight testing[6].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[7].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's logo image is recorded as Mercury insignia.png[8].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's follows is recorded as Mercury-Redstone Booster Development[9].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's followed by is recorded as Little Joe 5B[10].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's manufacturer is recorded as McDonnell Aircraft Corporation[11].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's part of is recorded as Project Mercury[12].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's Commons category is recorded as Mercury-Atlas 3[13].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's space launch vehicle is recorded as SM-65D Atlas[14].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1961-04-25T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1961-04-25T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0365_m[17].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[18].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's significant event is recorded as splashdown[19].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's location of landing is recorded as Atlantic Ocean[20].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 14[21].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+439'}[22].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+7.2'}[23].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's carries passengers or cargo is recorded as Mercury[24].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's carries passengers or cargo is recorded as crash test dummy[25].
  • Mercury-Atlas 3's NSSDCA ID is recorded as MERCA3[26].

Why It Matters

Mercury-Atlas 3 draws 119 Wikipedia views per month (rocket_launch category, ranking #3 of 12).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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