Able I (Pioneer)

Launch Failure

Launch Details

Date: 17 Aug 1958, 12:18 pm UTC

Rocket: Thor Able I (Thor)

Provider: Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Mission

Type: Lunar Exploration

Orbit: Lunar Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

The first pioneer orbiter, pioneer 0 was a lunar orbiter intended to enter a lunar orbit for observation. However, the mission failed 77 seconds into launch.