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SuccessPioneer 9 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Friday, Nov 8, 1968, 09:46 UTC
Launch window
Friday, Nov 8, 1968, 09:46 UTC – Friday, Nov 8, 1968, 09:46 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Pioneer 9
Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-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.
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