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Thor Delta E1 | Pioneer 8

Name: Thor Delta E1 | Pioneer 8
Start: 1967-12-13T14:08:00.000Z
End: 1967-12-13T14:08:00.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

December 13, 1967 at 2:08 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission imagery · Thor Delta E1

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December 13, 1967 at 2:08 PM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4458, -80.5657

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Rocket: Thor Delta E1
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17B
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: December 13, 1967 at 2:08 PM UTC
Window closes: December 13, 1967 at 2:08 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:42 PM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Thor Delta E1

Thor · Delta E1

Height

28 m

Diameter

2.44 m

LEO capacity

540 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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