USAF Atlas SLV-3C Centaur Surveyor 5

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3C Centaur Surveyor 5
Start: 1967-09-08T07:57:01.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36B

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur

Status

Success

Date

8 SEP 1967

07:57

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Lunar probe which successfully landed on September 11. It transmitted 19,000 pictures.

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur

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

21 m

Diameter

3.05 m

Launch Mass

120 T