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Thor Delta E1 | Pioneer 9
United States Air Force · Thor Delta E1 · Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 468th launch · 35th this year · humanity's 899th orbital launch attempt
November 8, 1968Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 8, 09:46 – Nov 8, 09:46 UTC
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Pioneer 9
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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