Thor Delta E1 | Pioneer 8

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
• Rocket: Thor Delta E1 — Thor family

Mission

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.

• Type: Astrophysics
• Orbit: Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)

Launch Site

• Pad: Space Launch Complex 17B
• Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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