launched fromUSA

Samos 4

Name: Samos 4
Start: 1961-11-22T20:45:00Z
Location: Vandenberg

Failure

NOV 22196120:45:00 UTC

Pitch control failed at T+244 seconds. Agena separated but was left facing in the wrong direction for orbital insertion.

LIFTOFF

NOV 22 1961

20:45:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromSLC-3WVandenberg

Payload

Optical reconnaissance