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Ranger 3

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time26 Jan 196220:30 UTC

partial failure

Orbit: HEO

Serial number: 121D

Failure of both Atlas and Agena guidance systems; probe sent on incorrect trajectory.

Rocket AtlasAgena B LV-3

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-12USA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Ranger 3Lunar impact probe--