Pioneer 5
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| Launch date | March 11, 1960, 3:00 PM GMT+2 |
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| Manufacturers | TRW Inc. |
| Rocket | Thor-Able |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 |
| Harvard designation | 1960 Alpha 1 |
| Did you know | Pioneer 5 provided the first map of the interplanetary magnetic field. |
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| ID | 1009332 |
About Pioneer 5
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. It was launched on March 11, 1960 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17A at 13:00:00 UTC with an on-orbit dry mass of 43 kg.
