USAF Atlas LV-3C Centaur D Surveyor 3

Name: USAF Atlas LV-3C Centaur D Surveyor 3
Start: 1967-04-17T07:05:01.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36B

Atlas LV-3C Centaur D

Status

Success

Date

17 APR 1967

07:05

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Lunar probe which successfully landed on the surface on April 20. It transmitted 6,300 photos and was visited by the crew of Apollo 12 which returned parts to Earth.

Rocket

Atlas LV-3C Centaur D

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Impactor

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

33 m

Diameter

3.05 m

Thrust

1,704 kN