NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Partial Failure

Surveyor Model-3

Launch Time
Fri Apr 08, 1966 01:00 UTC

Centaur stage ran out of ullage propellant before restarting. Payload placed into the wrong orbit.

Rocket

Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0

Location

SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1966

34th orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Centaur

7th mission
1st mission of 1966