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Surveyor SD-1

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time2 Mar 196513:25 UTC

failure

Orbit: MEO

Serial number: AC-5

Booster fuel prevalves accidentally closed at T+2 seconds, causing loss of booster engine thrust. Vehicle fell back onto the pad and exploded.

Rocket AtlasCentaur-C LV-3C

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-36AUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Surveyor SD-1Test flight vehicle--