Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Pioneer 11
Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) is a 259-kilogram (571 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, solar wind, and cosmic rays. It was the first probe to encounter Saturn and the second to fly through the asteroid belt and by Jupiter. Thereafter, Pioneer 11 became the second of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity that will allow them to leave the Solar System.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 259.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1973
19th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Centaur
30th mission
1st mission of 1973
22nd successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission