launched fromUSA

Pioneer 6

Name: Pioneer 6
Start: 1965-12-16T07:31:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

DEC 16196507:31:00 UTC

Probe continues to work as of late 2000.

LIFTOFF

DEC 16 1965

07:31:00 UTC

Success

launched from LC-17A Canaveral

aboard Delta E / Altair-2A Delta 35 into Heliocentric

Payload

Planetary exploration