USAF Atlas SLV-3C Centaur OAO B

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3C Centaur OAO B
Start: 1970-11-30T22:40:05.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36B

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur

Status

Failure

Date

30 NOV 1970

22:40

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Astronomical observatory. Mission failed when the payload shroud of the launch vehicle failed to separate.

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur

Mission Type

Astrophysics

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

21 m

Diameter

3.05 m

Launch Mass

120 T