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Space Rocket History #59 – Ranger 8-9, and Intelsat I
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:43:16
Publish Date: 2018-04-04 19:11:55
Description:

In total Ranger 9 transmitted 5,814 good contrast photographs during the final 19 minutes of flight. The last image taken before impact had a resolution of 0.3 meters per pixel. The spacecraft encountered the lunar surface after 64.5 hours of flight.  Impact occurred at 14:08:19 UT right on target in the Alphonsus crater. Impact velocity was 2.67 km/s. The spacecraft performance was excellent.
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