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Nimbus 3
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D · Earth Science
1969Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Thorad SLV-2G Agena D
- Orbit
- SSO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2E
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2