MISSION NAME
SNAPSHOT-1 1
Status
Success
DATE
3 APR 1965
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E
Description
Experimental satellite equipped with a nuclear power system and a cesium ion engine.
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
Rocket Description
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.