Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Venus orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1978-051; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 20 May 1978, 13:13:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 22 October 1992
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Pioneer Venus
Venus orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S10911
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Launch mass
- 394 kg
- Propulsion
- Star 24
- Dimensions
- 1.2 m long · 2.5 m diameter · 4.6 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Pioneer Venus.
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