Editing List of Solar System probes (section)

=== 1960–1969 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; font-size:95%;"
! colspan="2"  style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft
!  style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization
!  style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date
!  style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type
!  style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status
!  style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes
!  style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image
!  style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 5]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]/<br />[[File:No image.svg|24px]] [[United States Department of Defense|DOD]]
| March–April 1960
| orbiter
| success
| measured magnetic field phenomena, solar flare particles, and ionization in the interplanetary region
| [[File:Pioneer-5.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1960-001A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9|Pioneer 6(A)]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| December 1965 – still contactable in 2000
| orbiter
| success
| rowspan="4" | network of solar-orbiting "space weather" monitors, observing solar wind, cosmic rays, and magnetic fields
| rowspan="4" | [[File:Pioneer-6-9.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1965-105A}}
|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9|Pioneer 7(B)]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| August 1966 – still contactable in 1995
| orbiter
| success
| {{COSPAR|1966-075A}}
|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9|Pioneer 8(C)]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| December 1967 – still contactable in 2001
| orbiter
| success
| {{COSPAR|1967-123A}}
|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9|Pioneer 9(D)]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| November 1968 – May 1983
| orbiter
| success
| {{COSPAR|1968-100A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9|Pioneer-E]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| 27 August 1969
| orbiter
| failure
| intended as part of the Pioneer {{nowrap|6–9}} network; failed to reach orbit
| [[File:Pioneer-6-9.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|PIONE}}

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