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§ Historical recordRanger 7 spacecraft
Returned high-resolution approach images before impact.
- Coordinates
- -10.634, -20.67700000000002 (positive-east)
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Ranger 7
- Role
- impactor imaging spacecraft
- Operator
- NASA / JPL
- Nation
- USA
- Launched (UTC)
- 1964-07-28
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 1964-07-31 13:25:49
- Event type
- impactor
- Outcome
- success
- Site
- Mare Cognitum
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- crashed/on lunar surface
- Operational status (derived)
- inactive
- Source grade
- primary
Primary source