The current Pioneer Program was initiated in November 1962 to provide unmanned spacecraft missions for the scientific exploration of interplanetary space on a continuing basis. Five flights have been approved through 1968, of which the first, Pioneer VI, was launched December 16, 1965. It has been an outstanding success and continues to report excellent data as range exceeds 80 million miles. Pioneer B, the second mission of the current series, will be launched by a Thrust Augmented Improved Delta from the Kennedy Space Flight Center no earlier than August 17. The spacecraft, illustrated on the cover, is identical to Pioneer VI. It is to be injected into a solar orbit reaching a distance of about 1.1 A. U. from the sun, and is instrumented to measure magnetic field, particulate radiation and electron density in interplanetary space. Tracking and communications will be maintained by the Deep Space Network (DSN). After being successfully injected into an interplanetary trajectory, the spacecraft will be designated Pioneer VII.


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    Titel :

    Pioneer B Flight Mission


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1966


    Format / Umfang :

    19 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch







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    Adamski, T. P. | NTRS | 1976


    Pioneer mission support

    Johnston, D. W. H. | NTRS | 1978