Pioneer 0 - rocket launch details

Launch time17 Aug 195812:18 UTC

failure

Serial number: Thor 127

Maiden flight of Thor-Able I. First use of a Thor-based vehicle for a space launch. Turbopump failure, T+73,6 seconds.

Rocket ThorDM-18 Able-I

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-17AUSA

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Pioneer 0	Lunar orbiter	-	-