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Entry no.
1958-0006

PIONEER 3

PIONEER 3 (NORAD 111) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 December 1958, after 1 day in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
111
International designator
1958-008A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Dec 1958Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Dec 1958Recorded time 19:52 UTC
Time in orbit
1 day1 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
6 kg
Operator
ABMA
Built by
JPL
Bus
Juno II Probe
Programme
Pioneer (Army)

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

1 day
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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