LAUNCH CENTER

Failure

Tue Oct 11 1960

United States Air Force

Samos 1

Launch Failure

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas LV-3 Agena A

Description:

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Government/Top Secret
A Satellite and Missile Observation satallite which failed to enter orbit due to a failure in the launch vehicle guidance system

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 3W