Pioneer 8 (Pioneer C), a NASA heliocentric solar-wind, magnetic-field, and cosmic-ray probe—third of the successful Pioneer 6–9 series—plus TTS-1 (TETR) as a tracking technology secondary. Thor Delta E1 from Cape Canaveral LC-17B lofted them on 13 December 1967.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Helio-N/A
- Heliocentric orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 83 kg
- Flight
- 10th
- of 17 Thor Delta E1 flights
- Date and time
- 13 December 1967, 14:08 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1967-123
- Launches in 1967
- 135th of 139
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