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Thor Delta E1 | Pioneer 9

Success US Air Force, Thor Delta E1

Mission

Astrophysics · 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.

Remind me

Before liftoff
Also notify me of

If the launch moves, your reminders move with it, and at the time of your first reminder we tell you the new date.