Thor Delta L | Pioneer E

Name: Thor Delta L | Pioneer E
Start: 1969-08-27T21:59:00Z
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: August 27, 1969 at 09:59 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Thor Delta L
Operator: United States Air Force
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Astrophysics