Pioneer 9 (Pioneer D), a NASA heliocentric solar-wind and interplanetary-environment probe placed near 0.8 AU, with secondary TTS-2 technology payload. Thor-Delta E1 (D-60) from Cape Canaveral SLC-17B lofted them on 8 November 1968; Pioneer 9 operated into the 1980s.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Helio-N/A
- Heliocentric orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 85 kg
- Flight
- 12th
- of 17 Thor Delta E1 flights
- Date and time
- 8 November 1968, 09:46 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1968-100
- Launches in 1968
- 108th of 128
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