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
Launch Site
Stats
Atlas-Centaur
4th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1964
1964
95th
Orbital launch attempt