Thor Able I | Pioneer 1
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Oct. 11, 1958, 8:42 a.m. - Oct. 11, 1958, 8:42 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Oct. 11, 1958, 8:42 a.m. - Oct. 11, 1958, 8:42 a.m.
The second pioneer orbiter, pioneer 1 intended to enter lunar orbit but missed the Moon after a third stage partial failure.
American orbital launch vehicle. Thor with Able stage derived from Vanguard second stage.
Demonstration Flight for Russia's new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle, with a mass simulator on board. Details TBD.
Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Optical Earth observation satellite for the Pakistan government's SUPARCO.
Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellites". Probably 4 test satellites for the Chinese state-owned LEO commu…
Unknown satellite(s) for the Russian military.
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite…
Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD.
Tenth of ten GPS III missions.
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.