Ranger 7

space probe

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Mission type: Lunar impactor
Operator: NASA / JPL
Cospar id: 1964-041A
Satcat number span no: 00842
Mission duration: 2 days, 20 hours and 35 minutes
Manufacturer: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Launch mass: 365.6 kg (806 lb)
Dimensions: 1.52 m × 2.51 m (5.0 ft × 8.2 ft)
Power: 200 W
Launch date: July 28, 1964, 16:50:07 ( 1964-07-28UTC16:50:07Z ) UTC
Rocket: Atlas LV-3 Agena-B (250D / AA9)
Launch site: Cape Canaveral , LC-12
Impact date: July 31, 1964, 13:25:48.82 ( 1964-07-31UTC13:25:49Z ) UTC
Impact site: 10°38′02″S 20°40′38″W / 10.6340°S 20.6771°W / -10.6340; -20.6771 , (Between Mare Nubium and Oceanus Procellarum )

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UTC date of spacecraft launch: 1964-07-28
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Ranger program

Ranger 7 was the first NASA space probe to successfully transmit close-up images of the lunar surface back to Earth. It was also the first completely successful flight of the Ranger program. Launched on July 28, 1964, Ranger 7 was designed to achieve a lunar-impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact.