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Surveyor Orbiter
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American lunar orbiter. Study 1965. NASA originally planned to have a version of the Surveyor spacecraft conduct detailed orbital photographic reconnaissance of the moon in preparation for the Apollo manned landings.

Status: Study 1965.

Delays in the Centaur upper stage and Surveyor programs resulted in the smaller Atlas-Agena-launched Lunar Orbiter spacecraft conducting the mission instead.



Family: Lunar Orbiters, Moon. Country: USA. Launch Vehicles: Atlas, Atlas SLV-3C Centaur. Agency: JPL. Bibliography: 16.

1965 June 22 - .

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