Status
Success
Lunar Orbiter 2
Launch Time
Sun Nov 06, 1966 23:21 UTC
Sun Nov 06, 1966 23:21 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Lunar Orbiter 2
The Lunar Orbiter 2 robotic spacecraft, part of the Lunar Orbiter Program, was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for the selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. It was also equipped to collect selenodetic, radiation intensity, and micrometeoroid impact data.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 386.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection
Location
LC-13, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1966
111th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Agena
84th mission
22nd mission of 1966
66th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission