Oct 8 1959

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PIONEER IV reached first aphelion (estimated 107,051,000 miles) in its orbit around the sun at 8 p.m., e.s.t. Since launch on March 3, PIONEER IV was tracked by JPL's Goldstone tracking station to 407,000 miles from earth.

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