 However, the Agena malfunctioned on both flights and left the probes trapped in a useless low Earth orbit from which they soon decayed.The Block II missions, Ranger 3, Ranger 4, and Ranger 5, were launched away from Earth in January, April, and October 1962, but all three failed due to either malfunctions of the probe or launch vehicle difficulties.Ranger 3 missed the Moon entirely.