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| [Mercury-deployed] Mercury Balloon-2 | [Gemini-deployed] Rendezvous Evaluation Pod (REP) |
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| [Mercury-deployed] Mercury Balloon-2 | [Gemini-deployed] Rendezvous Evaluation Pod (REP) |
This page contains philatelic information on the [Mercury and Gemini-deployed] Sub-satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
The intent is to focus on sub-satellites, not on the Mercury and Gemini missions that carried those sub-satellites. Regardless, a selected sample of covers without any mention of the sub-satellites are included due to the lack of covers that mention the sub-satellites on those missions.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Sub-satellites [Mercury and Gemini-deployed] | Sub-satellites [Mercury and Gemini-deployed] | Sub-satellites [Mercury and Gemini-deployed] |
| Sub-satellites (on other than Sub-satellite deploy covers) |
Below is a list of Sub-satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Cameroun | C61 (Mi451) | 1966 | "REP" | |
| Cameroun | C61 proof | Die proof (C61) | ||
| Cameroun | C61 fdc | Stamp and (Éditions So.Ge.Im.) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1332b fdc1 (Mi930-931 fdc1) | (Orbit Covers) cachet on FDC, also detail | 1967 | Rendezvous Evaluation Pod (REP) |
| United States | 1332b fdc2 (Mi930-931 fdc2) | (Orbit Covers) cachet (one part same, one part different) on FDC, also detail | ||
| United States | None | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | 2013 | "three-orbit science mission that lasted nearly five hours" (possible reference to Mercury Balloon-1) |
Below is a list of Sub-satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| 1962-05-24 (launched with Mercury-MA-7) [Carpenter] 1962-05-24 (deployed from Mercury-MA-7): Mercury Balloon-1 |
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| United States | 1962-05-24 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Rank velvet) cachet on cover | Mercury-MA-7 launch (no mention of Mercury Balloon-1 deployment) |
| United States | 1962-05-24 | Port Canaveral FL | (Rank velvet) cachet (different) on cover | Mercury-MA-7 launch (no mention of Mercury Balloon-1 deployment) |
| United States | 1962-05-24 | Boulder CO | (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Mercury-MA-7 launch (no mention of Mercury Balloon-1 deployment) |
| United States | 1962-05-24 | Port Canaveral FL | (Sarzin?) cachet on cover | Mercury-MA-7 launch (no mention of Mercury Balloon-1 deployment) |
| United States | 1962-05-24 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft) cachet on cover, also insert | Mercury-MA-7 launch ("special multicolored balloon that was deployed on the 2nd orbit" (Mercury Balloon-1), on insert) |
| United States | 1962-05-24 | Port Canaveral FL | (Sokolsky) cachet on cover | Mercury-MA-7 launch (balloon depicted) |
| United States | 1962-05-24 | Port Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet (and signature) on cover | Mercury-MA-7 launch (no mention of Mercury Balloon-1 deployment) |
| 1963-05-15 (launched with Mercury-MA-9) [Cooper] 1963-05-15 (deployed from Mercury-MA-9): Mercury Balloon-2 and Flashing Light Unit |
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| United States | 1963-05-15 1963-05-15 | Cape Canaveral FL Satellite Beach FL | (Rank velvet) cachet on cover | Mercury-MA-9 launch "flashing beacon ejected" and "Cooper's Satellite" (Flashing Light Unit and Mercury Balloon-2 deployed) |
| United States | 1963-05-15 1963-05-16 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Sokolsky) cachet on cover | Mercury-MA-9 launch (but Telstar depicted) Mercury-MA-9 splashdown (no mention of Flashing Light Unit or Mercury Balloon-2 deployments) |
| United States | 1963-05-15 1963-05-16 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Rank velvet) cachet on cover | Mercury-MA-9 launch Mercury-MA-9 "splashdown" (no mention of Flashing Light Unit or Mercury Balloon-2 deployments) |
| United States | 1963-05-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on cover | Mercury-MA-9 splashdown ("starts first experiment, releasing sphere with flashing light ... was with that little rascal all night") |
| United States | 1963-05-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Mercury-MA-9 splashdown (no mention of Flashing Light Unit or Mercury Balloon-2 deployments) |
| 1965-08-21 (launched with Gemini-5) [Cooper and Conrad] 1965-08-21 (deployed from Gemini-5): Rendezvous Evaluation Pod |
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| United States | 1965-08-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Gemini-5 launch ("Radar Pod" (REP)) |
| United States | 1965-08-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Gemini-5 launch ("Rendezvous Evaluation Pod" (REP)) |
| United States | 1965-08-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover | Gemini-5 launch ("Rendezvous with radar 'Hawkeye'" (REP)) |
| United States | 1965-08-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers) cachet on cover | Gemini-5 launch ("rendezvous radar capabilities") |
| United States | 1965-08-21 1965-08-21 | Cape Canaveral FL Satellite Beach FL | (Rank velvet) cachet on cover | Gemini-5 launch Rendezvous Evaluation Pod (REP) deployed |
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| United States | 1975-08-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on local-post cover | 10th anniv. Gemini-5 launch (no mention of REP) |
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| United States | 1966-11-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on GATV-12 (and Gemini-12) launch cover, also detail | Rendezvous Evaluation Pod (REP) |
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