Surveyor-Model 1

Launch Partial Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

14:25:00

Friday December 11, 1964

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Mission Details

Launch Notes

Centaur ullage rocket design flaw prevented it from restarting. Payload placed into incorrect orbit.

Surveyor Model 1

Intended to attempt to simulate sending a lunar lander into orbit.

Highly Elliptical Orbit

1 Payload

950 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas-LV3C Centaur-C

Active 1964 to 1965


Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

46 days 2 hours

Stats

Atlas-Centaur


4th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1964

1964


95th

Orbital launch attempt