Pioneer Venus 1
Pioneer Venus 1 was NASA's long-lived Venus orbiter, built to map the surface by radar and study the atmosphere, ionosphere, solar-wind interaction, gravity field, and planetary environment.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Pioneer Venus OrbiterPioneer 121978-051A
- Name
- Pioneer Venus 1
- Slug
- pioneer-venus-1
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Pioneer Venus 1 was NASA's long-lived Venus orbiter, built to map the surface by radar and study the atmosphere, ionosphere, solar-wind interaction, gravity field, and planetary environment.
- End Date
- 1992-10-08
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully entered Venus orbit on December 4, 1978 and operated for nearly fourteen years until its final transmission on October 8, 1992.
- Program
- Pioneer Venus
- Start Date
- 1978-05-20
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 12:32:47 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 12:32:47 UTC
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