In orbitRocket body

ATLAS CENTAUR R/B

NORAD: 3092
COSPAR: 1968-001B

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Spacecraft

Built by: General Dynamics/Convair Division (Plant 19)
Owner: NASA Lewis Research Center
Platform (bus): Centaur D
Mass at launch: 2,000 kg
Dry mass: 2,000 kg
Length: 8.6 m
Diameter: 3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 8.6 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S03092, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1968-01-07
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
Flight: Surveyor 7
Mission name: Surveyor SC-7
Launch site: CC, LC36A
Launched by: NASA Lewis Research Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1968-001

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1968-001, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1968-01-07
Orbits: the Earth-Moon barycentre

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit