USAF Atlas LV-3C Centaur D Surveyor 2

Name: USAF Atlas LV-3C Centaur D Surveyor 2
Start: 1966-09-20T12:32:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36A

Atlas LV-3C Centaur D

Status

Success

Date

20 SEP 1966

12:32

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Lunar probe lost due to the failure of a vernier engine during a midcourse correction maneuver which sent the spacecraft in an unrecoverable tumble.

Rocket

Atlas LV-3C Centaur D

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Impactor

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Height

33 m

Diameter

3.05 m

Thrust

1,704 kN