Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Pioneer 2 was the last of the three project Able space probes designed to probe lunar and cislunar space. Shortly after launch at 07:30:00 UTC on November 8 1958 the third stage of the launch vehicle separated but failed to ignite and Pioneer 2 did not achieve its intended lunar orbit. The spacecraft attained a maximum altitude of 1550 km (960 mi) before reentering Earth’s atmosphere at 28.7 N 1.9 E over NW Africa.
