NASA Juno II Pioneer 3

Name: NASA Juno II Pioneer 3
Start: 1958-12-06T05:44:52.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 5

Juno II

Status

Success

Date

6 DEC 1958

05:44

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 5

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Pioneer 3 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft intended as a lunar probe but failed to perform a lunar flyby as planned. Its mission was revised to measure radiation in the outer Van Allen radiation belts.

Rocket

Juno II

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Orbit

Lunar flyby

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Juno II was an American space launch vehicle used during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was derived from the Jupiter missile, which was used as the first stage.

Height

24 m

Diameter

2.67 m

Launch Mass

55 T

Thrust

654 kN