April 23, 1962 at 8:50 PM UTC
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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April 23, 1962 at 8:50 PM UTC
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Launch Complex 12
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4806, -80.5419
Ranger 4 was a spacecraft designed to softly impact the lunar surface. Its solar panels were never extended and its sun and earth acquisition system was not initiated due to a failure of a timer in its central computer. It impacted the far side of the Moon on April 26 after 64 hours of flight.
Atlas · LV-3 Agena B
Height
20.27 m
Diameter
3.05 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
Successful launches
21
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
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