Nimbus B — launch
Date in UTC
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the Nimbus B flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch failure.
- Category
- Launches and Flight Tests
- Mission
- Nimbus B
- Organization
- NASA Lewis Research Center
- Participants
- USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization
- Vehicle
- Thorad SLV-2G Agena D
- Location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Country
- US
- Launch outcome
- failure
Context and qualifications
Launch code: OF. Source references: JG9602; -. Gyro installed wrong
Sources and attribution
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)