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Little Joe 5 | font size="+1">Little Joe 5 | | lign="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|Mission Insignia | | olspan="2" align="center"|Mercury insignia | | lign="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|Mission Statistics | | b>Mission Name: | Little Joe 5 | | b>Call Sign: | LJ-5 | b>Number of
Crew Members: | 0 | | b>Launch: | November 8, 1960
Wallops Island | | b>Landing: | November 8, 1960 | | b>Duration: | 2 min 22 s | b>Number of
Orbits: | suborbital | | b>Apogee: | 10.1 mi
16.2 km | b>Distance
Traveled: | 14 mi
22.5 km | b>Maximum
velocity: | 1,785 mph
2,873 km/h | | b>Peak acceleration: | 6 g (58.8 m/s²) | | b>Mass: | 1,141 kg | | lign="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|LJ-5 | Little Joe 5 was an unmanned Launch Escape System test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission used a production Mercury spacecraft # 3. The mission was launched November 8, 1960, from Wallops Island, Virginia. The Little Joe 2 flew to an apogee of 10.1 miles (16.2 km) and a range of 13 miles (20.9 km). The mission lasted 2 minutes 22 seconds. Maximum speed was 1,785 mph (798 m/s) and acceleration was 6 g (58.8 m/s²). The mission was a failure and Mercury spacecraft # 3 was destroyed. Payload 1,141 kg.
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