United States Air ForceThor Delta E1Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Pioneer 9
Launched
November 8, 1968
Image: NASA
Summary
Pioneer 9 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Delta E1 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 8, 1968. It was United States Air Force's 468th launch, 35th this year and humanity's 899th orbital launch attempt. It was the 12th Thor Delta E1 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A). 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor Delta E1 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
- Milestone
- 12th Thor Delta E1 flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 468th launch35th this yearhumanity's 899th orbital launch attempt111th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 2 components
- Pioneer 9 · NORAD 3533 · left Earth orbit November 10, 1968
- TETR 2 · NORAD 3534 · re-entered September 19, 1979
Delta 60 · re-entered April 13, 1978
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
34th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 224th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
330 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Pioneer 9 launch?
Pioneer 9 launched on November 8, 1968. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Pioneer 9?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Pioneer 9?
Thor Delta E1, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Delta E1 spec sheet
Where did Pioneer 9 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was Pioneer 9 going to?
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A), a astrophysics mission.
How many satellites did Pioneer 9 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).