Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:32:00
Tuesday September 20, 1966
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Spacecraft failed en route to the Moon, but the launch was a success.
Surveyor 2 was to be the second lunar lander in the uncrewed American Surveyor program to explore the Moon. It was launched on September 20, 1966, from Cape Kennedy, Florida aboard an Atlas-Centaur rocket. A mid-course correction failure resulted in the spacecraft losing control. Contact was lost with the spacecraft at 9:35 UTC, September 22.
Trans Lunar Injection
1 Payload
995 kilograms

9th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1966
94th
Orbital launch attempt