Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Lunar probe. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1959-F09; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 26 November 1959, 07:26 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex, Air Force Missile Test Center
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas Able
- Orbit
- Suborbital trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 26 November 1959
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
P-3
Lunar probe.
- GCAT ID
- F00081
- Manufacturer
- TRW Inc.
- Launch mass
- 169 kg
- Propulsion
- NOTS
- Dimensions
- 1.4 m long · 1 m diameter · 2.7 m span
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Gallery
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