Pioneer Venus Orbiter spacecraft
Pioneer Venus Orbiter was Hughes Aircraft Company's spin-stabilized Venus-orbiting design for NASA's Pioneer Venus program. Built around the project's basic cylindrical bus, it supported long-duration radar mapping and remote and in-situ study of the atmosphere, ionosphere, gravity field, and solar-wind interaction.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Pioneer Venus 1 spacecraftPioneer 12 spacecraftPVO
- Family Name
- Pioneer Venus Orbiter
- Full Name
- Pioneer Venus Orbiter spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbiter
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Pioneer Venus Orbiter was Hughes Aircraft Company's spin-stabilized Venus-orbiting design for NASA's Pioneer Venus program. Built around the project's basic cylindrical bus, it supported long-duration radar mapping and remote and in-situ study of the atmosphere, ionosphere, gravity field, and solar-wind interaction.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 2.5
- Height M
- 1.2
- First Flight Year
- 1,978
- Last Flight Year
- 1,978
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 23:51:23 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 23:51:23 UTC
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