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Pioneer P-31

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time15 Dec 196009:10 UTC

failure

Orbit: HEO

Serial number: 91D

Vibration and/or flying debris from Able adapter section ruptured Atlas LOX tank T+66 seconds, followed by complete vehicle self-destruction at T+73 seconds.

Rocket AtlasAble

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-12USA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Pioneer P-31Lunar probe--