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Date: Jul 27 19:05 2014

RE: Ranger 7	Permalink

Ranger VII Photographs of the Moon Spoiler After separation from the Agena, the solar panels were deployed, attitude control activated, and spacecraft transmissions switched from the omniantenna to the high-gain antenna. The next day, 29 July, the planned mid-course maneuver was initiated at 10:27 UT, involving a short rocket burn. The only anomaly during flight was a brief loss of two-way lock on the spacecraft by the DSIF tracking station at Cape Kennedy following launch. Read more __________________

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Date: Jul 28 06:13 2012

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Date: Jul 30 23:18 2011

Ranger 7 mission	Permalink

The Ranger 7 reached the Moon on 31 July, 1964. The F-channel began its one minute warm up 18 minutes before impact. The first image was taken at 13:08:45 UT at an altitude of 2110 km. Transmission of 4,308 photographs of excellent quality occurred over the final 17 minutes of flight. Read more __________________

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Date: Jul 31 11:42 2010

Ranger 7	Permalink

Ranger 7 was the first US space probe to successfully transmit close images of the lunar surface back to Earth. It was also the first completely successful flight of the Ranger program. Launched on 28 July 1964, Ranger 7 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. Read more __________________

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