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P-31
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 15 Dec 1960, 09:10 am UTC
Rocket: Atlas-Able (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Planetary Science
Orbit: Lunar Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
An intended lunar orbiter the vehicle was destroyed when the launch vehicle exploded due to a malfunction in the first stage.