RocketThor Able I
SpaceportCape Canaveral & Kennedypad LC17A
OutcomePartial · 0.75stage 2 underperformance; later stages kept firing on the wrong trajectory
Launch agencyUSAF BMDUnited States
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- October 11, 1958, 08:42
- Launch designation
- 1958 ETA
- Mission
- Able 2
- Flight name
- Pioneer 1
- Vehicle flight ID
- 130
- Year
- Launches in 1958
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 113,378 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 0.038 t
- Payloads
- 1
- GCAT launch code
- OS75 · S2U*
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer I | 1958 ETANORAD 110 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Deep space | 22 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Oct 13, 1958 |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.