USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D SNAPSHOT-1

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D SNAPSHOT-1
Start: 1965-04-03T21:25:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 4E

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Status

Success

Date

3 APR 1965

21:25

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Experimental satellite equipped with a nuclear power system and a cesium ion engine.

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Polar Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.

Height

36 m

Diameter

3 m

Launch Mass

155 T

Thrust

1,340 kN