Pioneer 2

Overview

Destination: Lunar Orbit
Mission: Lunar Exploration

Lunar Orbit Space Launch Complex 17A Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The third pioneer orbiter, pioneer 2 intended to enter lunar orbit but failed to make orbit when the third stage failed to ignite.

Thor Able I

Family:
Configuration: Able I

American orbital launch vehicle. Thor with Able stage derived from Vanguard second stage.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    30.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Launch Mass
    51.0 T
  • Thrust
    667.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Thor Able I
  • Family
  • Variant
    Able I
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Thor Able I
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $8900000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    120.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

McDonnell Douglas

McDonnell Douglas

(MDC)

Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

WIKI

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 17A


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