Pioneer 7 (Pioneer B), a NASA heliocentric interplanetary probe studying the solar wind, cosmic rays, and interplanetary magnetic field. Thor Delta E1 from Cape Canaveral LC-17A lofted it on 17 August 1966 into solar orbit at about 1.1 AU mean distance.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Helio-N/A
- Heliocentric orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 63 kg
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 17 Thor Delta E1 flights
- Date and time
- 17 August 1966, 15:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1966-075
- Launches in 1966
- 82nd of 131
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