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Pioneer 6
NASA space probe. Pioneer 6 was launched on December 16, 1965 aboard a Thor Delta E from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Dec 18, 1965).
COSPAR 1965-105ANORAD 1841United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Pioneer 6
- Payload designation
- Pioneer A
- International designator
- 1965-105A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1841
- GCAT identifier
- S01841
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.126
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Solar Pioneer
- Owner
- ARC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- Solar Pioneer
Launch
- Date
- December 16, 1965 · 07:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-105Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 558 km
- Inclination
- 30.23°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- December 18, 1965
- Last known active
- Dec 8, 2000
- End of operations
- 1975
Size
- Mass
- 63 kg
- Dry mass
- 63 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 0.90 m
- Span
- 3.3 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00098
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- December 16, 1965
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · December 26, 1965
- Destination
- HCO
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11699464 (CC0).