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Pioneer P-3

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time26 Nov 195907:26 UTC

failure

Orbit: HEO

Serial number: 20D

Maiden flight of Atlas-Able. Payload fairing broke up at T+45 seconds, leading to loss of the upper stages and payload. Atlas performed normally.

Rocket AtlasAble

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-14USA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Pioneer P-3Lunar probe--