Pioneer 10
NASA · launched 1972 · ended 2003
First to cross the asteroid belt and fly past Jupiter.
Right now · as of
Interstellar space
21.2 billion km (141.4 AU) from Earth; a signal takes 19 h 36 min
21.3 billion km (142.1 AU) from the Sun, moving at 11.8 km/s relative to the Sun
Open in 3DThe flight
March 3, 1972
Launched on Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D / Star 37E from Cape Canaveral LC-36A
December 4, 1973
Flies past Jupiter, 202,995 km away
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Pioneer 10
First spacecraft to visit Jupiter and the outer Solar System (1972–2003)
Pioneer 10 is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter. It was the first spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt and the first of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the Solar System. The mission was managed by NASA Ames Research Center in California, and the spacecraft was built by TRW Inc.
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Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- NASA
- Launched
- March 3, 1972
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D / Star 37E
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral LC-36A
- Mission ended
- 2003
- International designator
- 1972-012A