Pioneer 11

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Pioneer 11 is a NASA space probe launched in 1973 that conducted pioneering flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, helping to open the outer solar system to exploration.

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Pioneer 11 canonical 15
Pioneer 11 mission 2
Pioneer 11 plaque 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf space probe
uncrewed spacecraft
carries Pioneer plaque project
surface form: Pioneer plaque
closestApproachToJupiterDate 1974-12-02
closestApproachToJupiterDistance ~42,000 km above Jupiter cloud tops
closestApproachToSaturnDate 1979-09-01
closestApproachToSaturnDistance ~21,000 km above Saturn cloud tops
communicationBand S-band
COSPARId 1973-019A
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
currentLocation interstellar space direction toward constellation Aquila
designLife ~21 months
endOfMissionDate 1995-11-30
exceededDesignLife true
firstSpacecraftTo observe Saturn’s polar regions
perform a direct flyby of Saturn
traverse the Saturnian ring plane
flyby Jupiter
Saturn
hasInstrument astrometric photometer
charged particle detector
cosmic ray telescope
imaging photopolarimeter
infrared radiometer
magnetometer
meteoroid detector
plasma analyzer
ultraviolet photometer
launchDate 1973-04-06
launchSite Cape Canaveral
surface form: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
surface form: Launch Complex 36A
launchVehicle Atlas-Centaur
manufacturer TRW
massAtLaunch ~260 kg
missionObjective measure solar wind and cosmic rays in the outer solar system
study Jupiter’s atmosphere and magnetosphere
study Saturn’s atmosphere, rings, and environment
missionType heliospheric science
planetary exploration
notableDiscovery detailed data on Jupiter’s polar regions
measurements of Saturn’s ring particle properties
refined measurements of outer solar system radiation environment
operator NASA
partOf Pioneer program
powerSource radioisotope thermoelectric generator
primaryTarget Jupiter
Saturn
programPredecessor Pioneer 10
status contact lost

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Pioneer plaque project hasPart Pioneer 11
this entity surface form: Pioneer 11 plaque
Pioneer plaque project carriedBy Pioneer 11
Linda Salzman Sagan associatedWith Pioneer 11
this entity surface form: Pioneer 11 mission
Jupiter hasExploredBy Pioneer 11
Saturn wasFirstVisitedBy Pioneer 11
Galilean moons haveBeenVisitedBy Pioneer 11
RTG usedOn Pioneer 11
this entity surface form: Pioneer 11 spacecraft
Pioneer program includes Pioneer 11
James A. Van Allen participatedIn Pioneer 11
this entity surface form: Pioneer 11 mission
NASA spacecraft includes Pioneer 11
outer Solar System studiedBy Pioneer 11
Great Red Spot observedBy Pioneer 11
Europa exploredBy Pioneer 11
F ring discoveredBy Pioneer 11
Io hasBeenVisitedBy Pioneer 11
Ganymede visitedBy Pioneer 11
Callisto exploredBy Pioneer 11