launched fromUSA

Pioneer E

Name: Pioneer E
Start: 1969-08-27T21:59:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Failure

AUG 27196921:59:00 UTC

Defective valve in Stage 1 caused a hydraulic fluid leak and loss of engine gimbaling at T+220 seconds, making it impossible for the second stage to reach orbit. RSO T+480 seconds.

LIFTOFF

AUG 27 1969

21:59:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromLC-17ACanaveral

aboardDelta LDelta 73intoHeliocentric

Payloads · 2

01
Pioneer E
Interplanetary space research probe
02
TTS-3
Technology demonstration satellite