flown missionFailure
Thor Able I | Able I (Pioneer)
Army Ballistic Missile AgencySpace Launch Complex 17A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Able I (Pioneer)
- Type
- Lunar Exploration
- Target orbit
- Lunar Orbit (LO)
The first pioneer orbiter, pioneer 0 was a lunar orbiter intended to enter a lunar orbit for observation. However, the mission failed 77 seconds into launch.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thor Able I
- Family
- Thor
- Variant
- Able I
- Provider
- Army Ballistic Missile Agency
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4472, -80.5650