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OAO B
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 30 Nov 1970, 10:40 pm UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Astronomical observatory. Mission failed when the payload shroud of the launch vehicle failed to separate.