0.66 m diameter sphere, 1.4 m span across solar panels
Orbit
Solar orbit, 0.806 x 0.995 AU
Design Life
1 month
Mass
43 kg
Launch
3/11/60
From ????
History:
Pioneer 5 was designed to provide the first map of the interplanetary magnetic field. The vehicle functioned for a record 106 days, and
communicated with Earth from a record distance of 36.2 million km.
TOS "The Cage"