Pioneer 5

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:00:00

Friday March 11, 1960

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Mission Details

Pioneer 5

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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

Retired
Thor DM-18 Able-IV

Active in 1960


Stages

3

Launch Site

SLC-17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

11 days 12 hours

Stats

Thor-Able


6th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1960

1960


4th

Orbital launch attempt