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Pioneer 8
NASA space probe. Pioneer 8 was launched on December 13, 1967 aboard a Thor Delta E1 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Jan 16, 1968).
COSPAR 1967-123ANORAD 3066United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Pioneer 8
- Payload designation
- Pioneer C
- International designator
- 1967-123A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3066
- GCAT identifier
- S03066
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.185
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 13, 1967 · 14:08 UTC
- Launch record
- 1967-123Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 485 km
- Inclination
- 32.89°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- January 16, 1968
- Last known active
- June 2001
- End of operations
- 1982
Size
- Mass
- 65 kg
- Dry mass
- 65 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 0.90 m
- Span
- 3.3 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00188
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- December 13, 1967
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · January 16, 1968
- Destination
- HCO
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9060015 (CC0).