Pioneer 11
robotic space probe launched by NASA for planetary and heliosphere exploration
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Summary
Pioneer 11 is a flyby probe[1]. It draws 2,419 Wikipedia views per month (flyby probe category, ranking #10 of 8).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Operator: Ames Research Center[4]
- Follows: Pioneer 10[5]
- Followed by: Pioneer Venus Orbiter[6]
- Manufacturer: TRW Inc.[7]
- Part of: Pioneer program[8]
- Commons category: Pioneer 11[9]
- Space launch vehicle: Atlas-Centaur[10]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: April 6, 1973[11]
- Significant event: rocket launch[12], planetary flyby[13], loss of signal[14]
- Official website: http://spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html[15]
- Start point: Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36[16]
- Mass: 259[17]
- Nominal power output: 165[18]
- Uses: magnetometer[19]
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Pioneer 11 include Pioneer anomaly[20], an anomaly[21].
Why It Matters
Pioneer 11 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]
Entities named for it include Pioneer anomaly[20], an anomaly[21].