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Atlas Centaur 8
Atlas Centaur 8 was launched on April 8, 1966 aboard a Atlas Centaur D from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 5, 1966).
COSPAR 1966-030ANORAD 2139United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Surveyor Model 2
- Common name
- Atlas Centaur 8
- Payload designation
- Surveyor SM-2
- International designator
- 1966-030A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2139
- GCAT identifier
- S02139
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.136
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
- April 8, 1966 · 01:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1966-030Failure · 0.4
- Rocket
- Atlas Centaur D
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 175 km
- Apogee
- 344 km
- Inclination
- 30.70°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 5, 1966
- Last known active
- Apr 8, 1966
- End of operations
- Apr 8, 1966
Size
- Mass
- 785 kg
- Dry mass
- 785 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q29611668 (CC0).