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Pioneer 0
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Pioneer 0
Pioneer 0
(also known as
Thor
-Able 1
) was a failed
United States
space probe
that was designed to go into orbit around the
Moon
, carrying a
television camera
, a
micrometeorite
detector and a
magnetometer
, as part of the first
International Geophysical Year
(IGY) science payload. It was designed by the
United States Air Force
(USAF) as the first
satellite
in the
Pioneer program
and was one of the first attempted launches beyond
Earth
orbit by any country, but the rocket failed shortly after launch. The probe was intended to be called Pioneer (or Pioneer 1), but the launch failure precluded that name.
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