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Pioneer 11

1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach

Pioneer 11

First flyby of Saturn (1979).

Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
5 Apr 1973
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Jupiter / Saturn
Category
Planetary flyby
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Pioneer 11 flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of United States's work toward jupiter / saturn. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First flyby of Saturn (1979).

Results

First flyby of Saturn (1979).

Related missions

Pioneer 11 Pioneer 10 — same_program Pioneer 10 Mariner 10 — same_program Mariner 10 Mariner 6 — same_program Mariner 6 Mariner 7 — same_program Mariner 7

Sources & image credits

  • Don Davis for NASA, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog