flown missionFailure
Atlas-Able | P-3
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 14 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- P-3
- Type
- Lunar Exploration
- Target orbit
- Lunar Orbit (LO)
The Pioneer P-1, -3, -30 and -31 series was intended to be a lunar orbiter probe, but the mission failed shortly after launch. The objectives were to place a highly instrumented probe in lunar orbit, to investigate the environment between the Earth and Moon, and to develop technology for controlling and maneuvering spacecraft from Earth.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas-Able
- Family
- Atlas
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 14
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4910, -80.5469