flown missionSuccess
Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 3
United States Air ForceLaunch Complex 36B — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Surveyor 3
- Type
- Lunar Exploration
- Target orbit
- Lunar Impactor (Lunar Impactor)
Lunar probe which successfully landed on the surface on April 20. It transmitted 6,300 photos and was visited by the crew of Apollo 12 which returned parts to Earth.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas LV-3C Centaur D
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- Centaur D
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36B
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4706, -80.5422