Atlas Agena B | Ranger 8
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Feb. 17, 1965, 5:05 p.m. - Feb. 17, 1965, 5:05 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Feb. 17, 1965, 5:05 p.m. - Feb. 17, 1965, 5:05 p.m.
Lunar impactor which successfully reached the surface after transmitting 7,137 photographs.
The Atlas LV-3A was a largely unsuccessful configuration until it was given an Agena B upper stage. It was responsible for the launch of Mariner II to Venus and had one of the first engines that could be restarted in orbit.
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