Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 10 (originally designated Pioneer F) is an American space probe that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter. Thereafter, Pioneer 10 became the first of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity that will allow them to leave the Solar System. This space exploration project was conducted by the NASA Ames Research Center in California, and the space probe was manufactured by TRW Inc.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 259.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1972
13th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Centaur
27th mission
2nd mission of 1972
19th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission