USAF Atlas LV-3 Agena A Samos 1

Name: USAF Atlas LV-3 Agena A Samos 1
Start: 1960-10-11T20:33:28.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 3W

Atlas LV-3 Agena A

Status

Failure

Date

11 OCT 1960

20:33

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 3W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

A Satellite and Missile Observation satallite which failed to enter orbit due to a failure in the launch vehicle guidance system

Rocket

Atlas LV-3 Agena A

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth 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