Pioneer 3 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
6 Dec 1958, 5:44am
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 5
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Pioneer 3
Mission Type
Lunar Exploration
Destination
Lunar flyby
Pioneer 3 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft intended as a lunar probe but failed to perform a lunar flyby as planned. Its mission was revised to measure radiation in the outer Van Allen radiation belts.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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