Ranger Block III Attitude Control System

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Report describing the attitude control system designed to orientate, stabilize, and maneuver the Ranger spacecraft in its mission to obtain the first detailed close-up television pictures of the Moon's surface. (Abstract) The report outlines the spacecraft orientation and stabilization and trajectory corrections.

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xiii, 165 pages : illustrations (some folded) ; 28 cm.

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Turk, Will November 15, 1964.

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Report describing the attitude control system designed to orientate, stabilize, and maneuver the Ranger spacecraft in its mission to obtain the first detailed close-up television pictures of the Moon's surface. (Abstract) The report outlines the spacecraft orientation and stabilization and trajectory corrections.

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xiii, 165 pages : illustrations (some folded) ; 28 cm.

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Sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Contract No: NAS 7-100

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  • OCLC: 1370904034
  • SuDoc Number: NAS 1.12/3:32-663
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  • Report No.: NASA-CR-59903
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1536466

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Turk, Will. Ranger Block III Attitude Control System, report, November 15, 1964; Pasadena, California. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1536466/: accessed December 16, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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