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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulLunar ExplorationAtlas Agena B
Launched 1962-04-23 20:50 UTCLaunch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Lunar Impactor
Worldwide
15th
orbital launch attempt in 1962
United States Air Force
11th
launch this year
Launch Complex 12
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
87 d
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
20.3m
Diameter
3m
Liftoff thrust
363kN
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