Juno II | Pioneer 3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Juno II · Launch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 1st launch · 1st this year · humanity's 30th orbital launch attempt
December 6, 1958Add to calendar
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 6, 05:44 – Dec 6, 05:44 UTC
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Pioneer 3
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.
Lunar Exploration · Lunar flyby (Lunar flyby)
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