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Spacecraft

Pioneer 11

The first spacecraft to reach Saturn (1979). Its mission ended in 1995 as power dwindled; it is drifting towards the constellation Aquila.

TypeSpacecraft
Parent bodySun
Launch6 April 1973 (Atlas-Centaur)
AgencyNASA / Ames
StatusInactive (silent since 1995)

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