Thor Delta E1 | Pioneer 8

Name: Thor Delta E1 | Pioneer 8
Start: 1967-12-13T14:08:00Z
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 13, 1967 at 02:08 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Thor Delta E1
Operator: United States Air Force
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Astrophysics