45 hours 3 min. to last contact; 62 hours 46 min. to failed soft landing
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer
Hughes Aircraft
Launch mass
995.2 kilograms (2,194 lb)[1]
Dry mass
292 kilograms (644 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date
September 20, 1966, 12:32:00 (1966-09-20UTC12:32Z) UTC [1]
Rocket
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D AC-7
Launch site
Cape Canaveral LC-36A
Lunar impact (failed landing)
Impact date
September 23, 1966, 03:18:00 UTC
Impact site
4°00′S11°00′W / 04.0°S 11.0°W / -04.0; -11.0
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Surveyor 2 was to be the second lunar lander in the uncrewed American Surveyor program to explore the Moon. After launch on September 20, 1966 a mid-course correction failure resulted in the spacecraft losing control. Contact was lost with the spacecraft at 9:35 UTC, September 22.
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