MISSION NAME
Nimbus B
Status
Failure
DATE
18 MAY 1968
LAUNCH PROVIDER

United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 2E
Description
The Nimbus-B meteorological R&D satellite was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced systems for sensing and collecting meteorological data. It was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system.

Thorad SLV-2G Agena D
Rocket Description
Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. The rockets used Thor first stages and Agena second stages. They are thus cousins of the more-famous Thor-Deltas, which founded the Delta rocket family.