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Thor Able I
Launched 1958-11-08 07:30:21 UTCSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Lunar Orbit
Thor Able I lifted off with Pioneer 2, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What Army Ballistic Missile Agency finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
The third pioneer orbiter, pioneer 2 intended to enter lunar orbit but failed to make orbit when the third stage failed to ignite.
The Army Ballistic Missile Agency was formed to develop the U.S. Army's first large ballistic missile. The agency was established at Redstone Arsenal on 1 February 1956, and commanded by Major General John B. Medaris with Wernher von Braun as technical director.
Launches
12
Successful
5
42%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
30m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
120kg
Liftoff thrust
667kN
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