USAF Atlas LV-3C Centaur Surveyor-SD 1

Name: USAF Atlas LV-3C Centaur Surveyor-SD 1
Start: 1965-03-02T13:25:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36A

Atlas LV-3C Centaur

Status

Failure

Date

2 MAR 1965

13:25

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Surveyor-SD was a series of two simulated Surveyor-payloads launched during the development of the Atlas Centaur launch vehicle.

Rocket

Atlas LV-3C Centaur

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit

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