flown missionSuccess
Juno II | Pioneer 3
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Complex 5 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Pioneer 3
- Type
- Lunar Exploration
- Target orbit
- Lunar flyby (Lunar flyby)
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.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Juno II
- Provider
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 5
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4394, -80.5733