Status
Success
Lunar Orbiter 3
Launch Time
Sun Feb 05, 1967 01:17 UTC
Sun Feb 05, 1967 01:17 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Lunar Orbiter 3
The Lunar Orbiter 3 was a spacecraft launched by NASA in 1967 as part of the Lunar Orbiter Program. It was designed primarily to photograph areas of the lunar surface for confirmation 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
1967
9th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Agena
89th mission
2nd mission of 1967
71st successful mission
16th consecutive successful mission