Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Lunar flyby
Mission type
Lunar Exploration
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sat, 06 Dec 1958 05:44:52 GMT
Orbital launch #
#30 ever
Mission
Pioneer 3 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft intended as a lunar probe but failed to perform a lunar flyby as planned. Its mission was revised to measure radiation in the outer Van Allen radiation belts.