Atlas Centaur | Surveyor Mass Model
Status: Success | Launched: Dec 11, 1964 14:25 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
- Rocket: Atlas LV-3C Centaur — Atlas family
Mission
Surveyor-Model was a dummy mass onbaord of Centaur AC-4, launched on 11 December 1964, which was to test the closed loop Honeywell guidance system and perform the first restart of cryogenic RL10A-3 engines in space.
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 36A
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-10-08T01:01:54.797344+00:00.