Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
18:56:00
Thursday April 26, 1962
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
16th
Mission
5th
Mission of 1962
19th
Orbital launch attempt