LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Sat Dec 06 1958
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Pioneer 3

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(5:44 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(5:44 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(5:44 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Juno II

Description:

Juno II was an American space launch vehicle used during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was derived from the Jupiter missile, which was used as the first stage.

Juno II rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Lunar Exploration
  • Pioneer 3 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft intended as a lunar probe but failed to perform a lunar flyby as planned. Its mission was revised to measure radiation in the outer Van Allen radiation belts.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 5