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Pioneer 11

Posted on March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 by data-art

Pioneer 11, launched in 1973, was the second spacecraft ever to travel through the Asteroid belt and past Jupiter, and the first to get to Saturn.

MissionDate/TimeEvent
pioneer111973.04.06.02.11.00Launch
pioneer111974.12.03.08.21.00Callisto flyby (786,500km)
pioneer111974.12.03.22.09.00Ganymede flyby (692,300km)
pioneer111974.12.04.03.11.00Io flyby (314,000km)
pioneer111974.12.04.04.15.00Europa flyby (586,700km)
pioneer111974.12.04.05.00.21Jupiter shadow entry
pioneer111974.12.04.05.01.01Jupiter occultation entry
pioneer111974.12.04.05.21.19Jupiter Flyby (altitude 42,828km)
pioneer111974.12.04.05.33.52Jupiter shadow exit
pioneer111974.12.04.05.43.03Jupiter occultation exit
pioneer111974.12.04.22.29.00Amalthea flyby (127,500km)
pioneer111977.11.01.12.00.00Saturn flyby strategy defined
pioneer111978.07.13.12.00.00Trim maneuvre to set up Saturn flyby
pioneer111979.08.28.13.26.19Precession adjustment maneuvre
pioneer111979.08.28.17.46.32Precession adjustment maneuvre
pioneer111979.08.29.06.06.10Iapetus closest approach (1,032,535km)
pioneer111979.08.29.11.53.33Phoebe closest approach (13,713,574km)
pioneer111979.08.31.12.32.33Hyperion closest approach (666,153km)
pioneer111979.09.01.14.26.56Descending ring plane crossing
pioneer111979.09.01.14.50.51Radiation instruments readings plunge to nearly zero
pioneer111979.09.01.14.50.55Epimetheus closest approach (6,676km)
pioneer111979.09.01.14.50.59Radiation instruments back to previous levels. Exit wake of as then undiscovered moon.
pioneer111979.09.01.15.06.32Atlas closest approach (45,960km)
pioneer111979.09.01.15.59.30Dione closest approach (291,556km)
pioneer111979.09.01.16.26.28Mimas closest approach (104,263km)
pioneer111979.09.01.16.29.34Saturn Flyby (altitude: 20,591km)
pioneer111979.09.01.16.35.00Saturn occultation entry
pioneer111979.09.01.16.35.57Saturn shadow entry
pioneer111979.09.01.16.51.11Janus closest approach (228,988km)
pioneer111979.09.01.17.53.32Saturn occultation exit
pioneer111979.09.01.17.54.47Saturn shadow exit
pioneer111979.09.01.18.21.59Ascending ring plane crossing
pioneer111979.09.01.18.25.34Tethys closest approach (329,197km)
pioneer111979.09.01.18.30.14Enceladus closest approach (222,027km)
pioneer111979.09.01.20.04.13Calypso closest approach (109,916km)
pioneer111979.09.01.22.15.27Rhea closest approach (345,303km)
pioneer111979.09.02.18.00.33Titan closest approach (362,962km)
pioneer111995.09.30.12.00.00End of science mission
pioneer111995.11.30.12.00.00Last signal received
pioneer112009.09.01.16.34.0030th anniversary of Saturn flyby
pioneer112013.04.06.02.11.0040 years of flight
pioneer112099.01.01.00.00.00in 4 million years: Lambda Aquilla flyby

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