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Pioneer 8
Solar wind monitor.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar wind monitor. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1967-123; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 13 December 1967, 14:08:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Delta E1
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 1982?
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Pioneer 8
Solar wind monitor.
- GCAT ID
- S03066
- Manufacturer
- TRW Inc.
- Launch mass
- 65 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.9 m long · 0.9 m diameter · 3.3 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Pioneer 8.
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