Samos 4 - rocket launch details

Launch time22 Nov 196120:45 UTC

failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: 108D

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

Rocket AtlasAgena B LV-3

launched from Vandenberg AFB, SLC-3WUSA

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Samos 4	Optical reconnaissance	-	-