MISSION NAME
Ranger 5 5
Status
Success
DATE
18 OCT 1962
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 12
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.
Atlas LV-3 Agena B
Rocket Description
The Atlas LV-3A was a largely unsuccessful configuration until it was given an Agena B upper stage. It was responsible for the launch of Mariner II to Venus and had one of the first engines that could be restarted in orbit.