Pioneer 0
Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:18:00
Sunday August 17, 1958
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Launch Notes
The maiden flight of Thor-Able I exploded at an altitude of 16 kilometers (9.9 mi).
Pioneer 0
Pioneer 0 (also known as Thor-Able 1) was a failed United States space probe that was designed to go into orbit around the Moon, carrying a television camera, a micrometeorite detector and a magnetometer, as part of the first International Geophysical Year (IGY) science payload.
1 Payload
84 kilograms
Rocket
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Thor-Able
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 1958
1958
14th
Orbital launch attempt