Planetary Science
RANGER 7
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Ranger 7 was the first NASA space probe to successfully transmit close-up images of the lunar surface back to Earth. It was also the first completely successful flight of the Ranger program. Launched on July 28, 1964, Ranger 7 was designed to achieve a lunar-impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 28, 1964 at 04:50 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas LV-3 Agena B →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Ranger 7
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Lunar
- Reference body
- Lunar
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 362.74 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1964-041A
- NORAD catalog №
- 842
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- July 31, 1964
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 31, 1964
- Time in service
- 3 days
- Fate
- Mission ended at Lunar.
- Final status
- Decayed