flown missionFailure
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus B
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 2E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Nimbus B
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
The Nimbus-B meteorological R&D satellite was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced systems for sensing and collecting meteorological data. It was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thorad SLV-2G Agena D
- Family
- Thor
- Variant
- SLV-2G Agena D
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.7516, -120.6192