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Pioneer 9
NASA space probe. Pioneer 9 was launched on November 8, 1968 aboard a Thor Delta E1 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Nov 10, 1968).
COSPAR 1968-100ANORAD 3533United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Pioneer 9
- Payload designation
- Pioneer D
- International designator
- 1968-100A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3533
- GCAT identifier
- S03533
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.201
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
- November 8, 1968 · 09:46 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-100Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 456 km
- Inclination
- 34.67°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- November 10, 1968
- Last known active
- May 18, 1983
- End of operations
- May 18, 1983
Size
- Mass
- 67 kg
- Dry mass
- 67 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 0.90 m
- Span
- 3.3 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00206
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- November 8, 1968
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · November 10, 1968
- Destination
- HCO
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11699469 (CC0).