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PIONEER VENUS PROBE 4

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The Pioneer Venus project was part of the Pioneer program consisting of two spacecraft, the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, launched to Venus in 1978. The program was managed by NASA's Ames Research Center.

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Launch

Launch date
August 8, 1978 at 07:33 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
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Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
Launch record
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Trajectory

Regime
Interplanetary — Venus
Reference body
Venus

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1978-078G
NORAD catalog №
12106
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 9, 1978

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 9, 1978
Time in service
123 days
Fate
Mission ended at Venus.
Final status
Decayed