Pioneer 9 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
8 Nov 1968, 9:46am
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Pioneer 9
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Destination
Heliocentric N/A
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC
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