Deep space
Ranger III
Gamma-ray spectrometer.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Gamma-ray spectrometer. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1962 ALP; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 26 January 1962, 20:30:11 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex, Air Force Missile Test Center
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas Agena B
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 2 February 1962
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Ranger III
Gamma-ray spectrometer.
- GCAT ID
- S00221
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Launch mass
- 188 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 1.5 m diameter · 5.2 m span
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Gallery
One image from Ranger III.
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