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Pioneer 1
First satellite launched by NASA, unable to reach lunar orbit due to rocket guidance failure. Pioneer 1 was launched on October 11, 1958 aboard a Thor Able I from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 13, 1958).
COSPAR 1958 ETANORAD 110United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Pioneer I
- Common name
- Pioneer 1
- Payload designation
- Able II
- International designator
- 1958 ETA
- NORAD catalog number
- 110
- GCAT identifier
- S00110
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Able
- Owner
- NASA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- Able I Pioneer
Launch
- Date
- October 11, 1958 · 08:42 UTC
- Launch record
- 1958 ETAPartial · 0.75
- Rocket
- Thor Able I
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- SO
- Perigee
- -870 km
- Apogee
- 113,860 km
- Inclination
- 35.89°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 13, 1958
- Last known active
- Oct 13, 1958
- End of operations
- Oct 13, 1958
Size
- Mass
- 22 kg
- Dry mass
- 22 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 38 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q935600 (CC0).