Pioneer 5
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
13:00:00
Friday March 11, 1960
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Pioneer 5
Pioneer 5 (also known as Pioneer P-2, and Able 4, and nicknamed the "Paddle-Wheel Satellite") was a spin-stabilized space probe in the NASA Pioneer program used to investigate interplanetary space between the orbits of Earth and Venus.
Heliocentric Orbit
1 Payload
43 kilograms
Rocket
Launch Site
Stats
Thor-Able
6th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1960
1960
4th
Orbital launch attempt