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Pioneer P-3 (also known as Atlas-Able 4 or Pioneer X) was intended to be a lunar orbiter probe but the mission failed shortly after launch. The objectives were to place a highly instrumented probe in lunar orbit to investigate the environment between the Earth and Moon and to develop technology for controlling and maneuvering spacecraft from Earth.

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