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Status

Success

Samos 11

Launch Time
Sun Nov 11, 1962 20:17 UTC

Rocket

Atlas-LV3 Agena-B
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 1,725 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

Samos 11

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

1962

72nd orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Agena

23rd mission
12th mission of 1962
13th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission