USAF Thor Able IV Pioneer V

Name: USAF Thor Able IV Pioneer V
Start: 1960-03-11T13:00:07.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 17A

Thor Able IV

Status

Success

Date

11 MAR 1960

13:00

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Pioneer 5 was a spin-stabilized space probe in the NASA Pioneer program used to investigate interplanetary space between the orbits of Earth and Venus.

Rocket

Thor Able IV

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Heliocentric N/A

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

American orbital launch vehicle. Thor with Able stage derived from Vanguard second stage.

Height

27.2 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

52 T

Thrust

668 kN