LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Thu Dec 16 1965
United States Air Force
Pioneer 6
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
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Rocket Details
Name:
Thor Delta EDescription:
American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Astrophysics
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A