Pioneer 11 Jupiter-Saturn Flyby Spacecraft
Pioneer 11 was NASA’s first spacecraft to fly past Saturn and the first to image Jupiter’s polar regions. Launched in 1973, it used Jupiter for navigation to Saturn and returned outer-planet measurements until final contact in 1995.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Pioneer-GPioneer 11 spacecraftPioneer 11Pioneer XI
- Family Name
- Pioneer 11
- Full Name
- Pioneer 11 Jupiter-Saturn Flyby Spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeflybyresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Pioneer 11 was NASA’s first spacecraft to fly past Saturn and the first to image Jupiter’s polar regions. Launched in 1973, it used Jupiter for navigation to Saturn and returned outer-planet measurements until final contact in 1995.
- First Flight Year
- 1,973
- Last Flight Year
- 1,995
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/pioneer-11/
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 06:38:59 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 01:22:55 UTC