Status
Failure
Samos 4
Launch Time
Wed Nov 22, 1961 20:45 UTC
Wed Nov 22, 1961 20:45 UTC
Pitch control failed at T+244 seconds. Agena separated but was left facing in the wrong direction for orbital insertion.
Rocket
Mission Details
Samos 4
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
1961
45th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Agena
10th mission
7th mission of 1961
6th failed mission