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The Lightning God Defends (iQPS Launch 8)
Electron
ProviderRocket Lab
PadUnknown Pad
DateAug 20, 2026
Time (UTC)01:00 PM UTC
Launch clockT– to liftoff
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Confirmed to the minute00
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Pioneer 8
Thor Delta E1United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 17B
Wednesday, December 13, 1967 · 02:08 PM UTC
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
Pioneer A to E (Pioneer 6 to 9 after launch) were a series of five solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar-cell and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space on a continuing basis.
PayloadPioneer 8
OrbitHeliocentric N/A
CustomerUnited States Air Force
StagesUnknown
PadSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 28.446°N
- Longitude
- 80.566°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
02:08 PM UTC - 02:08 PM UTC
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.
