Ranger 3 photograph

Ranger 3

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Max speed160 km/h
Launch dateJanuary 26, 1962
RocketAtlas-Agena
Cost170 million USD
Launch siteCape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12
Manufacturers Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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About Ranger 3


Ranger 3 was a space exploration mission conducted by NASA to study the Moon. The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft was launched January 26, 1962 as part of the Ranger program. Due to a series of malfunctions, the spacecraft missed the Moon by 22,000 mi and entered a heliocentric orbit.

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