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Ranger 5
US unmanned spaceprobe. Ranger 5 was launched on October 18, 1962 aboard a Atlas Agena B from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Oct 19, 1962).
COSPAR 1962 B ETA 1NORAD 439United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Ranger 5
- Payload designation
- RA-5
- International designator
- 1962 B ETA 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 439
- GCAT identifier
- S00439
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.022
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Ranger II
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Ranger Block 2
Launch
- Date
- October 18, 1962 · 16:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 B ETASuccess
- Rocket
- Atlas Agena B
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC12
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 207 km
- Apogee
- 543,753 km
- Inclination
- 28.32°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- October 19, 1962
- Last known active
- Oct 21, 1962
- End of operations
- Oct 21, 1962
Size
- Mass
- 203 kg
- Dry mass
- 203 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 351 kg
- Length
- 3.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00032
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- October 21, 1962
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body, attached · October 22, 1962
- Destination
- Earth
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 1962 | Earth | Oct 21, 1962 | Escaped to another body, attached | Luna |
| Oct 22, 1962 | Earth | Oct 30, 1962 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q767342 (CC0).