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Pioneer V
Solar wind probe.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar wind probe. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1960 ALP; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 11 March 1960, 13:00:07 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex, Air Force Missile Test Center
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Able IV
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 23 June 1960
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Pioneer V
Solar wind probe.
- GCAT ID
- S00027
- Manufacturer
- TRW Inc.
- Launch mass
- 43 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.7 m long · 0.7 m diameter · 2.4 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Pioneer V.
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