Lunar Orbiter 2, NASA’s second lunar photography mission to map Apollo landing sites and survey the Moon’s surface. Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D from Cape Canaveral LC-13 launched it on 6 November 1966 into lunar orbit, returning high-resolution imagery before lunar impact on 11 October 1967.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 380 kg
- Flight
- 36th
- of 48 Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 6 November 1966, 23:21 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
- 1966-100
- Launches in 1966
- 111th of 131
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