LAUNCH MISSION

USAF Atlas SLV-3C Centaur OAO B

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3C Centaur OAO B
Start: 1970-11-30T22:40:05.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36B

Status

Failure

DATE

30 NOV 1970

LAUNCH PROVIDER

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36B

Description

Astronomical observatory. Mission failed when the payload shroud of the launch vehicle failed to separate.

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur

Rocket Description

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.

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