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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus 3

Nimbus 3

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Launch Details

Date: 14 Apr 1969, 07:54 am UTC

Rocket: Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Description

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.