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Pioneer Venus Probe Bus
Core spacecraft of the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe mission. Pioneer Venus Probe Bus was launched on August 8, 1978 aboard a Atlas SLV-3D Centaur from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Aug 8, 1978).
COSPAR 1978-078ANORAD 11001United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
- Common name
- Pioneer Venus Probe Bus
- Payload designation
- Pioneer Venus 2
- International designator
- 1978-078A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11001
- GCAT identifier
- S11001
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/016
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Pioneer Venus
- Owner
- ARC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-507
Launch
- Date
- August 8, 1978 · 07:33 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-078Success
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 170 km
- Inclination
- 28.60°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- August 8, 1978
- Last known active
- Dec 9, 1978
- End of operations
- Dec 9, 1978
Size
- Mass
- 290 kg
- Dry mass
- 258 kg
- Length
- 1.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 1.2 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00588
- Final central body
- Venus
- Phase start
- December 7, 1978
- Phase outcome
- Reentered (orbital decay) · December 9, 1978
- Destination
- Venus
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 1978 | Earth | Aug 13, 1978 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | Secondary component | Impact after orbital decay | Dec 9, 1978 | — | -41.20, 284.10 |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q129551427 (CC0).