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Pioneer 7
NASA space probe. Pioneer 7 was launched on August 17, 1966 aboard a Thor Delta E1 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Aug 26, 1966).
COSPAR 1966-075ANORAD 2398United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Pioneer 7
- Payload designation
- Pioneer B
- International designator
- 1966-075A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2398
- GCAT identifier
- S02398
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.147
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
- August 17, 1966 · 15:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1966-075Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 369 km
- Inclination
- 42.04°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- August 26, 1966
- Last known active
- Mar 31, 1995
- End of operations
- Mar 31, 1995
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
- D00122
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- August 17, 1966
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · August 26, 1966
- Destination
- HCO
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12815675 (CC0).