Lunar Orbiter 1, NASA’s first U.S. spacecraft to orbit the Moon, mapping candidate Apollo landing sites. Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D from Cape Canaveral LC-13 lofted it on 10 August 1966; returned 211 images, including the first photograph of Earth from lunar orbit, before intentional lunar impact on 29 October.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 380 kg
- Flight
- 28th
- of 48 Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 10 August 1966, 19:26 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1966-073
- Launches in 1966
- 80th of 131
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