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Pioneer 10

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time3 Mar 197201:49:04 UTC

success

Orbit: Heliocentric

Serial number: AC-27

First probe to visit Jupiter.

Solar System escape velocity achieved on Jupiter fly-by.

Rocket AtlasCentaur SLV-3C

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-36AUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Pioneer 10Jupiter probe--