PRECURSOR MERCURY RECOVERY SHIP COVER & POSTMARK VARIETIES

Mercury Scout 1 - 1 November 1961

Recovery Force Ships

Ship

Type

Designation Covers

Atlantic

Unknown Tracking Ship

Tracking Ship

U/K

N

Indian Ocean

Unknown Tracking Ship

Tracking Ship

U/K

N

Notes:
1) Cover from Steve Durst's CD Book
2) The mission was to test the worldwide Mercury tracking network (minitrack) and the Goddard Space Center's ability to obtain and evaluate the data.
3) The mission failed soon after launch

 

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