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Atlas LV-3B

Launch vehicle
The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit. Wikipedia
Failure(s): 2
First flight: 29 July 1960
Function: Crewed expendable launch system
Height: 28.7 metres (94.3 ft)
Last flight: 15 May 1963
Launch sites: CCAFS LC-14
Manufacturer: Convair