1960 · United States Air Force
Samos 1
failureAtlas Agena A | Samos 1
A Satellite and Missile Observation satallite which failed to enter orbit due to a failure in the launch vehicle guidance system
Overview
- Date / time
- October 11, 1960 at 08:33 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3W
- Mission
- Samos 1
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit