USAF Atlas LV-3C Centaur Surveyor Mass Model

Name: USAF Atlas LV-3C Centaur Surveyor Mass Model
Start: 1964-12-11T14:25:02.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36A

Atlas LV-3C Centaur

Status

Success

Date

11 DEC 1964

14:25

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Surveyor-Model was a dummy mass onbaord of Centaur AC-4, launched on 11 December 1964, which was to test the closed loop Honeywell guidance system and perform the first restart of cryogenic RL10A-3 engines in space.

Rocket

Atlas LV-3C Centaur

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

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