Atlas Agena B | Ranger 5
Status: Success | Launched: Oct 18, 1962 16:59 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
- Rocket: Atlas LV-3 Agena B — Atlas family
Mission
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.
- Type: Lunar Exploration
- Orbit: Lunar Impactor (Lunar Impactor)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 12
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-10-06T21:02:13.006858+00:00.