United States Air Force

Surveyor 3

Atlas LV-3C Centaur D

SUCCESS
Success

Monday, April 17, 1967 · 07:05 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Impactor (Lunar Impactor)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas LV-3C Centaur D

Variant: Centaur D

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.471° N, 80.542° W

4

Pad Launches

200

Location Launches

389

Agency Launches

39

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