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11 December 1964, 14:25 UTC

Surveyor Mass Model

Atlas LV-3C CentaurCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Drawing of the Atlas LV-3C Centaur for Surveyor Mass Model

Surveyor Mass Model 1 on Centaur AC-4, a NASA Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C development flight from Cape Canaveral with a 952 kg Surveyor dummy; Centaur failed to restart after parking orbit, so the planned high elliptical orbit was not reached.

Outcome
Success
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth orbit
Payload to orbit
952 kg
Flight
3rd
of 4 Atlas LV-3C Centaur flights
Date and time
11 December 1964, 14:25 UTC
Builder
Convair
Launch site
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Payload
Test Flight
International designator
1964-082
Launches in 1964
95th of 100

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