Surveyor 3

Summary

Surveyor 3 is a lunar lander^[1]. It draws 272 Wikipedia views per month (lunar_lander category, ranking #4 of 26).^[2]

Key Facts

• Surveyor 3's image is recorded as Surveyor diagram.jpg^[3].
• Surveyor 3's image is recorded as Surveyor 3 on Moon.jpg^[4].
• Surveyor 3's instance of is recorded as lunar lander^[5].
• Surveyor 3's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[6].
• Surveyor 3's follows is recorded as Surveyor 2^[7].
• Surveyor 3's followed by is recorded as Surveyor 4^[8].
• Surveyor 3's manufacturer is recorded as Hughes Aircraft Company^[9].
• Surveyor 3's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1967-035A^[10].
• Surveyor 3's location is recorded as Statio Cognitum^[11].
• Surveyor 3's part of is recorded as Surveyor program^[12].
• Surveyor 3's Commons category is recorded as Surveyor 3^[13].
• Surveyor 3's space launch vehicle is recorded as Atlas Centaur-D^[14].
• Surveyor 3's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon^[15].
• Surveyor 3's SCN is recorded as 02756^[16].
• Surveyor 3's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1967-04-17T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Surveyor 3's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1967-04-20T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Surveyor 3's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -3.0162, 'lon': 336.582}^[19].
• Surveyor 3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0krm_^[20].
• Surveyor 3's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[21].
• Surveyor 3's significant event is recorded as soft landing^[22].
• Surveyor 3's significant event is recorded as loss of signal^[23].
• Surveyor 3's location of landing is recorded as Statio Cognitum^[24].
• Surveyor 3's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36^[25].
• Surveyor 3's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+16'}^[26].
• Surveyor 3's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1026'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Surveyor 3 draws 272 Wikipedia views per month (lunar_lander category, ranking #4 of 26).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]