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Atlas Centaur | Surveyor Mass Model

United States Air ForceLaunch Complex 36A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Surveyor Mass Model
Type
Test Flight
Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Surveyor-Model was a dummy mass onbaord of Centaur AC-4, launched on 11 December 1964, which was to test the closed loop Honeywell guidance system and perform the first restart of cryogenic RL10A-3 engines in space.

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Atlas LV-3C Centaur
Family
Atlas
Variant
Centaur
Provider
United States Air Force
Type
Government
Country
USA

launch site

Pad
Launch Complex 36A
Location
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Country
USA
Timezone
America/New_York