P-3

Failure US Air Force, Atlas-Able

About this launch

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…

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Launch window and padCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Rocket and boosterAtlas-Able
MissionLunar Exploration · LO

Lunar Exploration · LO

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