Pioneer 6-9 heliocentric solar-spacecraft family
The Pioneer 6-9 family was a series of NASA heliocentric probes that sampled interplanetary space from separated solar orbits and formed an early space-weather monitoring network around Earth's orbit.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Pioneer APioneer BPioneer CPioneer DPioneer 6Pioneer 7Pioneer 8Pioneer 9
- Family Name
- Pioneer 6-9
- Full Name
- Pioneer 6-9 heliocentric solar-spacecraft family
- Roles
- orbiterinterplanetary_probe
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- The Pioneer 6-9 family was a series of NASA heliocentric probes that sampled interplanetary space from separated solar orbits and formed an early space-weather monitoring network around Earth's orbit.
- First Flight Year
- 1,965
- Last Flight Year
- 1,997
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/pioneer-6/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 6, 2026 at 16:33:59 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 6, 2026 at 16:33:59 UTC