United States Air Force

Nimbus B

Thorad SLV-2G Agena D

FAILURE
Failure

Saturday, May 18, 1968 · 08:23 UTC

Mission

/01

The Nimbus-B meteorological R&D satellite was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced systems for sensing and collecting meteorological data. It was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Thorad SLV-2G Agena D

Variant: SLV-2G Agena D

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.752° N, 120.619° W

35

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297

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446

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45

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