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Thor Delta E | Pioneer 6
United States Air Force · Thor Delta E · Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 296th launch · 65th this year · humanity's 509th orbital launch attempt
December 16, 1965Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 16, 07:31 – Dec 16, 07:31 UTC
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Pioneer 6
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.
Astrophysics · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
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