Status
Failure
Rocket
Mission Details
Samos 1
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.
Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-3W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
1960
26th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Agena
3rd mission
3rd mission of 1960
2nd failed mission