Mission record
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus 3
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Mon, 14 Apr 1969 07:54:03 GMT
Orbital launch #
#963 ever
Mission
Identical payload to the Nimbus-B meteorological R&D satellite which was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system less than a year before. It was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced systems for sensing and collecting meteorological data. It was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system.