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RANGER 2

NORAD 206 · Payload · Reentered 1961-11-20

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Launched
1961-11-18 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Planetary science
Mass
306 kg
Size
3.6 × 1.5 m · 5.2 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
149 × 169 km
Inclination
33.3°
Period
87.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0015
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).