Thursday, November 3, 1994

Surveyor 4

  1967-068A


Surveyor 4 was launched at 1153 on 1967 Jul 14 on a single burn direct ascent trajectory using the LV-3 Atlas. The main engine cutoff was at 1205. The Centaur made test evasive maneuvers at 1206 and 1214. Surveyor IV made a course correction on Jul 16. Contact was lost 41.1s into the 42.5s retroburn, 0203 on 1967 Jul 17. Lunar impact occurred at 0.47N 1.44W; it is assumed the Star 37 exploded. 


Surveyor 4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Jul 14  1153:29  Launch by AC-11  CKAFS LC36A 
 1155:51 Atlas BECO 
 1155:54 Booster sep
 1156:25 Panels sep 
 1156:51 Fairing  
 1157:28 Atlas SECO 
 1157:30 Atlas sep 150 km  -5500 x 205? x 30 
 1157:40  Centaur MES-1 
 1200:30?  Apogee at 235 km, begin powered descent  -4250 x 235? x 30  
 1202:09T+8:40 6.75 km/s 224 km -1.2 deg?  -2380 x 228 x 30  
 1204:09 T+10:40 200 km -2.1 deg? 9.4 km/s  185 x 11300? x 30  
 1204:57  Centaur MECO-1  167 x 554098 x 30.56 (GD) 
   167 x 559031 x 30.56 (TM-X-1768)  
 1205:54  SV legs deploy  
 1206:06  Centaur sep  167 x 558948 x 30.6  
 1210:06  Centaur retro 
 1214:16  End Centaur blowdown  170 x 406594 x 30.59  
 1710  Centaur-SV separation is 1167 km 
1967 Jul 16  0230:02  TCM T+38:37:00  
 0230:14  TCM ended 10.1m/s 10.5s -292 x 556525 x 32.6 
1967 Jul 17  0157  AMR active 
 0201:57  Verniers on  -1194 x -8984 x 13.2 
 0201:59 Radar sep 
 0201:59 Retro burn, 41.1s T+62:08:29 
 0202:40 Contact lost; 14.9 km up at 326m/s -1728 x 39 x 13 
 0203:25?  Impact 
 1000 Centaur flyby at 20800 km 
1967 Jul 17   Centaur orbit  169235 x 398983 

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