Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
20:33:00
Tuesday October 11, 1960
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Improper pad umbilical disconnect caused loss of Agena pressurization gas.
The Samos E or SAMOS ("Satellite and Missile Observation System") program was a relatively short-lived series of reconnaissance satellites for the United States in the early 1960s, also used as a cover for the initial development of the KH-7 Gambit system.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
3rd
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1960
26th
Orbital launch attempt