Status
Success
Pioneer 5
Launch Time
Fri Mar 11, 1960 13:00 UTC
Fri Mar 11, 1960 13:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 43.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1960
4th orbital launch attempt
Thor-Able
6th mission
1st mission of 1960
2nd successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission