Mercury & Little Joe

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"Little Joe VII will be launched at a nominal flight path angle of 82°. The eight and one-half minute flight will carry the spacecraft to a peak altitude of about 45,000 ft (13,700 m) and abour six mls (10 km) from the launch site under no-wind conditions.
The flight plan calls for jettison of the escape tower at peak altitude at about one minute after launch after a successful escape sequence. As the spacecraft begins its fall towards earth, a droque parachute unfurls at about 75 seconds after liftoff and the larger main chute is pulled about three minutes after launch at 10,000 ft (3,048 m)."


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"Little Joe VII will be launched at a nominal flight path angle of 82°. The eight and one-half minute flight will carry the spacecraft to a peak altitude of about 45,000 ft (13,700 m) and abour six mls (10 km) from the launch site under no-wind conditions. The flight plan calls for jettison of the escape tower at peak altitude at about one minute after launch after a successful escape sequence. As the spacecraft begins its fall towards earth, a droque parachute unfurls at about 75 seconds after liftoff and the larger main chute is pulled about three minutes after launch at 10,000 ft (3,048 m)."