Launch of Pioneer 6b
1960-03-11   Port Canaveral, FL    VF-ADD
Cachet maker: Goldcraft
This cover commemorates the launch of Pioneer 6b, which was fired to an orbit inside the earth's orbit. This inter planetary probe was launched by a Delta rocket combination into a sun orbit in order to get a close-up view of the the sun's behavior. The satellite gave man detailed data about the vast magnetic fields, clouds of charged particles and many kinds of radiation and meteoric dust in the depths of space. This is an important event in space exploration history. This seldom seen cover was prepared by Celestial and cancelled on launch date C/V=$150