1962 · United States Air Force
Samos-E6 3
successAtlas Agena B | Samos-E6 3
Samos E-6 (Satellite and Missile Observation System) was an attempt to create an medium-resolution reconnaissance satellite with film return via reentry capsule.
Overview
- Date / time
- July 18, 1962 at 08:51 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3W
- Mission
- Samos-E6 3
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit