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Samos 3

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time9 Sep 196119:28 UTC

failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: 106D

Pad umbilical failed to detach properly at liftoff, cutting off electrical power to the Atlas. Vehicle fell back onto the pad and exploded.

Rocket AtlasAgena B LV-3

launched from Vandenberg AFB, SLC-3WUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Samos 3Optical reconnaissance--