1962 · United States Air Force

Ranger 5

successAtlas Agena B | Ranger 5

Lunar impactor which missed the Moon by 725 km due to an unknown malfunction preventing the spacecraft from receiving power after injection into lunar trajectory.

Overview

Date / time: October 18, 1962 at 04:59 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 12
Mission: Ranger 5
Mission type: Lunar Exploration
Orbit achieved: Lunar Impactor

Launch vehicle

Atlas LV-3 Agena B →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

RANGER 5

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