NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Surveyor SD-4

Launch Time
Wed Oct 26, 1966 11:12 UTC

Performed the first-ever liquid hydrogen rocket engine restart in space.

Rocket

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

Mission Details

Surveyor SD-4

American lunar probe.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 951.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

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

Stats

1966

105th orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Centaur

10th mission
4th mission of 1966
5th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission