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Pioneer 3 - Space launch mission detailed information

MISSION NAME

Pioneer 3 3

Status

Success

DATE

6 DEC 1958

LAUNCH PROVIDER

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 5

USA

Description

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.

Juno II

Juno II

USA

Rocket Description

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.

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