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Orbiter

Pioneer P-3

Launch failure

Milestones

26 Nov 1959 Launch Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)

Operator: NASA
Launch: 26 Nov 1959
Programme: Pioneer

Further reading

Wikipedia ↗
NSSDCA ↗
Wikidata ↗

Sources

Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)Table 1, no. 13 (launch, outcome)
WikidataQ296987 (identifiers, Wikipedia links)
Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (NASA SP-2018-4041)no. 13, Results: "Aerodynamic forces then caused the third stage and payload to break away and explode." (status)

Checked on 2026-10-04

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