Ranger 2

  1961-032

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Ranger II (P-33) was launched at 0812 on 1961 Nov 18 by Atlas Agena B from Canaveral. The Agena B failed to restart and Ranger II was left in a 150 x 242 km x 33.3 deg instead of the planned elliptical orbit. It transmitted for 19 orbits and reentered on Nov 20.

Ranger 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1961 Nov 18	0812:21	Launch by Atlas Agena B	CC LC12
		BECO
	0814	T+2:10 Booster sep
	0816	T+4:40 Fairing
	0816	Atlas sep
	0817	T+4:56 Agena B MES-1
	0819?	T+7:23 Agena B MECO-1	150 x 242 x 33.3
	0832?	Agena B MES-2 failed
	0834?	Agena B sep
	0840?	Agena solid retro
1961 Nov 20	1334	Reentered