1969

1969 · United States Air Force

Pioneer E

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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.

Overview

Date / time
August 27, 1969 at 09:59 PM UTC
Outcome
failure
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 17A
Mission
Pioneer E
Mission type
Astrophysics
Orbit achieved
Heliocentric N/A