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Pioneer 11

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time6 Apr 197302:11 UTC

success

Orbit: Heliocentric

Serial number: AC-30

Maiden flight of Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D.

First probe to visit Saturn.

Solar System escape velocity achieved on Jupiter fly-by.

Rocket AtlasCentaur SLV-3D

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-36BUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Pioneer 11Planetary probe--