Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Jupiter flyby. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1972-012; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 March 1972, 01:49:04 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 22 January 2003
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Pioneer 10
Jupiter flyby.
- GCAT ID
- S05860
- Manufacturer
- TRW Inc.
- Launch mass
- 270 kg
- Propulsion
- MRE-1
- Dimensions
- 2.9 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
10 images from Pioneer 10.
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