Thor Delta E | Pioneer 6

Name: Thor Delta E | Pioneer 6
Start: 1965-12-16T07:31:21Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pioneer A to E (Pioneer 6 to 9 after launch) were a series of five solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar-cell and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space on a continuing basis.

Mission Details

Launch date: December 16, 1965 at 07:31 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Thor Delta E
Operator: United States Air Force
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Astrophysics