USAF Atlas LV-3C Centaur D Surveyor 4

Name: USAF Atlas LV-3C Centaur D Surveyor 4
Start: 1967-07-14T11:53:29.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36A

Atlas LV-3C Centaur D

Status

Success

Date

14 JUL 1967

11:53

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Lunar probe which was lost during the terminal-descent phase and crashed into the surface.

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