RocketThor Delta L
SpaceportCape Canaveral & Kennedypad LC17A
OutcomeFailurestage 1 guidance or control failure; later stages kept firing on the wrong trajectory
Launch agencyGSFCUnited States
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- August 27, 1969, 21:59
- Launch designation
- 1969-F12
- Mission
- TETR C
- Flight name
- Pioneer E
- Vehicle flight ID
- 540/D073
- Year
- Launches in 1969
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 100 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 0.085 t
- Payloads
- 2
- GCAT launch code
- OF · S1G*
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TETR C | 1969-F12 | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | — | — | — |
| Pioneer E | 1969-F12 | NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field | — | — | — |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.