Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Lunar Impactor
Mission type
Lunar Exploration
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Thu, 18 Oct 1962 16:59:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#205 ever
Mission
Lunar impactor which missed the Moon by 725 km due to an unknown malfunction preventing the spacecraft from receiving power after injection into lunar trajectory.