Planetary Science
RANGER 3
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Ranger 3 was a space exploration mission conducted by NASA to study the Moon. The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft was launched January 26, 1962 as part of the Ranger program. Due to a series of malfunctions, the spacecraft missed the Moon by 22,000 miles (35,000 km) and entered a heliocentric orbit.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 26, 1962 at 08:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas LV-3 Agena B →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Ranger 3
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 327.06 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1962-001A
- NORAD catalog №
- 221
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- active