Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
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.
Details
Type
Lunar Exploration
Orbit
Lunar flyby (Lunar flyby)
Location
Unknown
Date
Sat, Dec 6, 1958, 05:44
Weather
Pro