Atlas Centaur 4

Vehicle development flight that carried a mass model of the Surveyor spacecraft; rocket performed propulsion and stage separation tests. Atlas Centaur 4 was launched on December 11, 1964 aboard a Atlas Centaur from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Dec 12, 1964).

COSPAR 1964-082ANORAD 951United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: Surveyor Model 1
Common name: Atlas Centaur 4
Payload designation: Surveyor SM-1
International designator: 1964-082A
NORAD catalog number: 951
GCAT identifier: S00951
UN registration: A/AC.105/INF.090

Mission

Mission type: Technology
Use: Civil government
Program: Surveyor Model
Owner: JPL
Country: United States
Builder: Jet Propulsion Lab
Platform (bus): Surveyor Model

Launch

Date: December 11, 1964 · 14:25 UTC
Launch record: 1964-082Failure · 0.4
Rocket: Atlas Centaur
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 165 km
Apogee: 178 km
Inclination: 30.70°
Status: Reentered attached to another object
Status date: December 12, 1964
Last known active: Dec 11, 1964
End of operations: Dec 11, 1964

Size

Mass: 952 kg
Dry mass: 952 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 2,952 kg
Length: 2.4 m
Diameter: 1.10 m
Span: 2.4 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113149745 (CC0).