Surveyor 2
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Surveyor 2 was to be the second lunar lander in the uncrewed American Surveyor program to explore the Moon. After launch on September 20, 1966 a mid-course correction failure resulted in the spacecraft losing control. Contact was lost with the spacecraft at 9:35 UTC, September 22.
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Lunar lander |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1966-084A |
SATCAT no. | 02425 |
Mission duration | 45 hours 3 min. to last contact; 62 hours 46 min. to failed soft landing |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | Hughes Aircraft |
Launch mass | 995.2 kilograms (2,194 lb)[1] |
Dry mass | 292 kilograms (644 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | September 20, 1966, 12:32:00 (1966-09-20UTC12:32Z) UTC [1] |
Rocket | Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D AC-7 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-36A |
Lunar impact (failed landing) | |
Impact date | September 23, 1966, 03:18:00 UTC |
Impact site | 04.0°S 11.0°W / -04.0; -11.0 |
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