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Pioneer 5
American space probe. Pioneer 5 was launched on March 11, 1960 aboard a Thor Able IV from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Mar 11, 1960).
COSPAR 1960 ALP 1NORAD 27United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Pioneer V
- Common name
- Pioneer 5
- Payload designation
- Able VI?
- Other names
- :UA,:UC,NASA P-2:NA,P-2:NA2
- International designator
- 1960 ALP 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 27
- GCAT identifier
- S00027
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Able
- Owner
- NASA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- Able Probe
Launch
- Date
- March 11, 1960 · 13:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1960 ALPSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Able IV
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- -455 km
- Inclination
- 24.60°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- March 11, 1960
- Last known active
- Jun 23, 1960
- End of operations
- Jun 23, 1960
Size
- Mass
- 43 kg
- Dry mass
- 43 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 2.4 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00011
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- March 11, 1960
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · March 17, 1960
- Destination
- HCO
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q40518 (CC0).