The orbit decayed and the spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere on 20 November 1961. The spacecraft was launched into a low earth parking orbit, but an inoperative roll gyro prevented Agena restart resulting in Ranger 2 being stranded in low earth orbit.
This was a flight test of the Ranger spacecraft system designed for future lunar and interplanetary missions. Period: 165.51 min.įAILURE: Agena B Second Stage failed to restart. First generation photo surveillance radio relay of images. Ranger 1's primary mission was to test the performance of those functions and parts that are necessary for carrying out subsequent lunar and planetary missions using essentially the same spacecraft design.įAILURE: Exploded on launch pad. Ranger 1 reentered on August 29 after 111 orbits. Although the spacecraft systems were tested successfully, only part of the eight project experiments could be carried out. The 306 kg spacecraft did not attain the scheduled extremely elongated orbit because of the misfiring of the Agena B rocket. Ranger 1, a test version of the spacecraft which would attempt an unmanned crash landing on the moon, was launched from the Atlantic Missile Range by an Atlas-Agena B booster.
Missile Defense Alarm System.įAILURE: Agena B second stage failure. This vehicle achieved a record 1,850-mile orbit and was the heaviest U.S. MIDAS III (Missile Defense Alarm System) satellite was launched into polar orbit from Vandenberg AFB by the first Atlas D/Agena B booster (97D/#1201). Status: Out of Production.Īgena D stages in process, Hangar E, Cape Canaveral Atlas D with improved, enlarged Agena upper stage. Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9Ī- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- ZĬredit: © Thomas Kladiva - Thomas KladivaĪmerican orbital launch vehicle.
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