Pioneer Venus Orbiter

Summary

Pioneer Venus Orbiter is a planetary probe^[1]. It draws 133 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_probe category, ranking #12 of 28).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's image is recorded as Pioneer Venus orbiter.jpg^[3].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's instance of is recorded as planetary probe^[4].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's instance of is recorded as orbiter^[5].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's instance of is recorded as former entity^[6].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's operator is recorded as Ames Research Center^[7].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's follows is recorded as Pioneer 11^[8].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's followed by is recorded as Pioneer Venus Multiprobe^[9].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's manufacturer is recorded as Hughes Aircraft Company^[10].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1978-051A^[11].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's part of is recorded as Pioneer Venus project^[12].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's Commons category is recorded as Pioneer Venus 1^[13].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's space launch vehicle is recorded as Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR^[14].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's SCN is recorded as 10911^[15].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's parent astronomical body is recorded as Venus^[16].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's country of origin is recorded as United States^[17].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1978-05-20T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1992-10-22T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0x0b75b^[20].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's cause of destruction is recorded as uncontrolled reentry^[21].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[22].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's significant event is recorded as orbital activity^[23].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's significant event is recorded as loss of signal^[24].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry^[25].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's described at URL is recorded as https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/pioneer_venus.html^[26].
• Pioneer Venus Orbiter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.842'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Pioneer Venus Orbiter draws 133 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_probe category, ranking #12 of 28).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]