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Pioneer 5

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turn amplitude modulated at 64, 8, or 1bit/s. The spacecraft was unable to aim its antennas, and so had no high-gain dish antenna common on later spacecraft. Instead, the system could introduce a 150W amplifier into its normally 5W transmitter circuit. It was powered by a battery of 28 F-size NiCd cells recharged by the solar paddles, allowing up to eight minutes of high power communications before risking damage to the batteries. Each hour of 5W communications or five minutes of 150W communications required ten hours of recharging the batteries. Unlike later interplanetary spacecraft (
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and the biggest single improvement in signal encoding on western spacecraft. The spacecraft received the uplink carrier at 401.8 MHz and converted it to a 378.2 MHz signal using a 16/17 coherent oscillator circuit. The telemetry system phase modulated a 512 Hz subcarrier, which was in
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prevented continuous operation of the telemetry transmitters. About four operations of 25 min duration were scheduled per day with occasional increases during times of special interest. A total of 138.9 h of operation was completed, and over three megabits of data were received. The major portion of
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because their antennas provided grid reception. Data was received until 30 April 1960, after which telemetry noise and weak signal strength made data reception impossible. The spacecraft's signal was detected by Jodrell Bank from a record distance of 36.2 million km (22.5 million miles) on 26 June
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Booster performance during launch was overall excellent considering the numerous earlier difficulties with the Thor-Able vehicle. There were some minor anomalies with the second stage flight control system that resulted in unplanned pitch and roll motions, however, they were not enough to endanger
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would conduct a flyby of Venus, but technical issues prevented the launch from occurring until early 1960 by which time the Venus window for the year had closed. Since it was not possible to send the probe to Venus, it would instead merely investigate interplanetary space and
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to 12 milligauss. It consisted of a single search coil that was mounted on the spacecraft in such a way that it measured the magnetic field perpendicular to the spin axis of the spacecraft. It could output its measurements in both an analog and a digital
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The spacecraft returned data collected by the magnetometer on the magnetic field and it measured that the median undisturbed interplanetary field was approximately 5 γ ± 0.5 γ in magnitude. The spacecraft also measured
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The spacecraft was a 0.66 metres (2 ft 2 in) diameter sphere with four solar panels that spanned over 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in) and it was equipped with four scientific instruments:
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The recorded digital data were transmitted at 1, 8, and 64 bit/s, depending on the distance of the spacecraft from Earth and the size of the receiving antenna. Weight limitations on the
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particles, and cosmic radiation in the interplanetary region. The micrometeorite counter failed to operate as the data system saturated and failed to operate properly.
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E. W. Greenstadt (July 1966). "Final Estimate of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field at 1 A.U. from Measurements made by Pioneer V in March and April 1960".
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in the distant field of the Earth, near the geomagnetic boundary, and in interplanetary space. It was capable of measuring fields from 1
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at 13:00:00 UTC with an on-orbit dry mass of 43 kilograms (95 lb). It was a 0.66 metres (2 ft 2 in) diameter
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P. J. Coleman; L. Davis; C. P. Sonett (15 July 1960). "Steady Component of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field: Pioneer V".
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combinations. It was used to measure the amount of meteoritic dust particles and the momentum of these particles.
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Data was received until 30 April 1960. Among other accomplishments, the probe confirmed the existence of
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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in
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detector) to measure cosmic radiation. It was mounted normal to the spin axis of the spacecraft.
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and achieved a solar orbit of 0.806 × 0.995 AU (121,000,000 by 149,000,000 km).
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The original mission plan was for a launch in November 1959 where
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triple coincidence omnidirectional proportional counter telescope
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used to investigate interplanetary space between the orbits of
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1960, although it was much too weak by then to acquire data.
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and observe terrestrial trapped radiation. It could detect
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with 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in) span across its four
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was the most successful probe in the Pioneer/Able series.
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Thor-Able
NASA
COSPAR ID
1960-001A
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SATCAT no.
TRW
Thor DM 18-Able IV
Cape Canaveral
LC-17A
Douglas
Heliocentric
Eccentricity
Perihelion altitude
Aphelion altitude
Inclination
Period
Pioneer program
Pioneer P-31
Pioneer 6 to 9
spin-stabilized
Pioneer program
Earth
Venus
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Complex 17A
sphere
solar panels
interplanetary magnetic fields

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