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United States Air ForceLaunch FailureLunar ExplorationAtlas-Able
Launched 1959-11-26 07:26 UTCSpace Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Lunar Orbit
Atlas-Able lifted off with P-3, but the launch failed.
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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.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
35m
Diameter
3m
Liftoff thrust
1,587kN
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