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Ranger 4

Space Probe

Ranger 4 was a spacecraft of the American Ranger program, launched in 1962, designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during the final ten minutes of flight before crashing into the Moon, to rough land a seismometer capsule there, to collect gamma ray data in flight, to study the radar reflectivity of the lunar surface, and to continue testing of Ranger program technology for future lunar and interplanetary spacecraft.

Facts
Spacecraft Type
Lunar impactor 2
Launch Date
1962-04-23 3
Status
Status (category)
Destroyed 1
Connections

Mission Of

Ranger Program, Missions and Programs
Source Wikipedia: Ranger 4

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia: Ranger 4
Sources
1. Ranger 4 (Wikipedia)
the spacecraft crashed on the far side of the Moon without returning any scientific dataView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Ranger 4
  • Infobox, mission_type
    Lunar impactor
  • In Group: Lunar Orbiters and Flyby Probes, Ranger 4 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program, launched in 1962. It was designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a period of 10 minutes of flight prior to cra
  • Operated By: NASA, Infobox, operator (operator)
  • Part Of: Ranger Program, Lead paragraph, part-of
    Ranger 4 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program, launched in 1962.
  • Mission Of: Ranger Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
    Ranger 4 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program, launched in 1962.
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3. Wikidata: Ranger 4
Wikidata Q923962, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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