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§ Historical recordPioneer 4 spacecraft
Passed the Moon but at too great a range for useful radiation data; entered solar orbit.
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Pioneer 4
- Role
- spacecraft bus
- Operator
- NASA / ABMA
- Nation
- USA
- Launched (UTC)
- 1959-03-03
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 1959-03-04
- Event type
- flyby
- Outcome
- partial
- Site
- Flyby
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- departed to heliocentric orbit
- Operational status (derived)
- inactive
- Source grade
- primary
- Review note
- review:medium
Primary source