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Biological nose cone w/ rhesus monkey

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time21 Dec 196103:35 UTC

failure

Orbit: Suborbital

Serial number: 6F

Sustainer hydraulic system leak at staging results in loss of hydraulic fluid and engine shutdown. Nose cone separated properly, but was lost at sea after recovery crews failed to locate it.

Rocket AtlasF

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-11USA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Biological nose cone w/ rhesus monkeyICBM test--