Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 2
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Sept. 20, 1966, 12:32 p.m. - Sept. 20, 1966, 12:32 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Sept. 20, 1966, 12:32 p.m. - Sept. 20, 1966, 12:32 p.m.
Lunar probe lost due to the failure of a vernier engine during a midcourse correction maneuver which sent the spacecraft in an unrecoverable tumble.
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