Pioneer 2 (Able 3), the third USAF/NASA Thor-Able lunar orbiter attempt from Cape Canaveral LC-17A. The solid third stage failed to ignite after staging; the ~39 kg probe reached only about 1,550 km altitude and burned up over Africa after roughly 45 minutes.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 3 Thor Able I flights
- Date and time
- 8 November 1958, 07:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Able I
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- Launches in 1958
- 25th of 28