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Pioneer 9

Pioneer 9

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Pioneer 9

  • November 8, 1968: Launched at 09:46:00 UTC from Cape Canaveral into solar orbit with a mean distance of 0.8 AU.
  • 1983: Final contact.
  • 1987: Contact was attempted, but failed.