Planetary Science
PIONEER 10
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Pioneer 10 is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter. Pioneer 10 became the first of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the Solar System. This space exploration project was conducted by the NASA Ames Research Center in California. The space probe was manufactured by TRW Inc.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 3, 1972 at 01:49 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Pioneer 10
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Interstellar
- Reference body
- Interstellar
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 255.7 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1972-012A
- NORAD catalog №
- 5860
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- active