MISSION NAME
Surveyor 5 5
Status
Success
DATE
8 SEP 1967
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 36B
Description
Lunar probe which successfully landed on September 11. It transmitted 19,000 pictures.
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
Rocket Description
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.