Ranger 3 - NASA Satellite

Series: Ranger Series
Ranger 3 was NASA's first attempt to put a probe on the Moon. It carried a TV camera and an instrument capsule. A series of malfunctions sent the spacecraft hurtling past the Moon, but it did take the first measurements of interplanetary gamma ray flux. R

Ranger 3 Mission Information

Mission Details

NameRanger 3
Launch DateJanuary 26, 1962
Mission TypeUnmanned
TypeSatellite
Launch VehicleAtlas Agena B
Launch SiteCape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 12, Florida
CollaborationJet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Satellite Details

ApplicationTo study Lunar Orbit
Scientific InstrumentVidicon TV Camera, Gamma Ray spectrometer, Radar Altimeter, Single-Axis Seismometer
Mass728 Pounds (330 Kg)

Space Organization Details

CountryUnited States
ContinentNorth America
OrganizationNASA

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