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Atlas Agena B | Ranger 5

Name: Atlas Agena B | Ranger 5
Start: 1962-10-18T16:59:00.000Z
End: 1962-10-18T16:59:00.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

October 18, 1962 at 4:59 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission imagery · Atlas LV-3 Agena B

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October 18, 1962 at 4:59 PM UTC

Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Launch Complex 12

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4806, -80.5419

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Rocket: Atlas LV-3 Agena B
Launch site: Launch Complex 12
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: October 18, 1962 at 4:59 PM UTC
Window closes: October 18, 1962 at 4:59 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:40 PM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Atlas LV-3 Agena B

Atlas · LV-3 Agena B

Height

20.27 m

Diameter

3.05 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

Successful launches

Launch complex

Launch Complex 12

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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