United States Air Force

Pioneer E

Thor Delta L

FAILURE
Failure

Wednesday, August 27, 1969 · 21:59 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Thor Delta L

Variant: Delta L

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.447° N, 80.565° W

43

Pad Launches

241

Location Launches

504

Agency Launches

87

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