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Pioneer 11

Pioneer 11 was NASA's second outer-planet reconnaissance mission. It used a close Jupiter encounter to redirect across the solar system and became the first spacecraft to examine Saturn at close range.

Pioneer 11
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Pioneer GPioneer-G1973-019A
Name
Pioneer 11
Status
completed

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Description
Pioneer 11 was NASA's second outer-planet reconnaissance mission. It used a close Jupiter encounter to redirect across the solar system and became the first spacecraft to examine Saturn at close range.
Destination
Jupiter flyby on 3 December 1974 and first close-up Saturn flyby on 1 September 1979, followed by a heliocentric trajectory out of the solar system; last engineering data arrived on 24 November 1995
End Date
1995-11-24
Launch Site
Outcome
Successfully flew past Jupiter in 1974 and Saturn in 1979; NASA ended routine operations after the spacecraft's weakening signal was last received in 1995.
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Start Date
1973-04-06
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https://science.nasa.gov/mission/pioneer-11/

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July 18, 2026 at 11:56:16 UTC
Updated Time
August 23, 2026 at 02:08:22 UTC
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Pioneer 11 Pioneer G Pioneer-G 1973-019A
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