Planetary Science
SURVEYOR 4
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Surveyor 4 is the fourth lunar lander in the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon. This spacecraft crashed after an otherwise flawless mission; telemetry contact was lost 2.5 minutes before touchdown. The planned landing target was Sinus Medii at 0.4° north latitude and 1.33° west longitude.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 14, 1967 at 11:53 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas LV-3C Centaur D →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Surveyor 4
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Lunar
- Reference body
- Lunar
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1967-068A
- NORAD catalog №
- 2875
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- July 17, 1967
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 17, 1967
- Time in service
- 3 days
- Fate
- Mission ended at Lunar.
- Final status
- Decayed