Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 3
Status: Success | Launched: Apr 17, 1967 07:05 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
- Rocket: Atlas LV-3C Centaur D — Atlas family
Mission
Lunar probe which successfully landed on the surface on April 20. It transmitted 6,300 photos and was visited by the crew of Apollo 12 which returned parts to Earth.
- Type: Lunar Exploration
- Orbit: Lunar Impactor (Lunar Impactor)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 36B
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-10-06T21:02:13.006858+00:00.