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Samos 1
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 11 Oct 1960, 08:33 pm UTC
Rocket: Atlas Agena A (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
A Satellite and Missile Observation satallite which failed to enter orbit due to a failure in the launch vehicle guidance system