Pioneer 11 is a NASA robotic space probe launched to study the asteroid belt, Jupiter, and Saturn, along with the solar wind and cosmic rays. It was the first probe to encounter Saturn, the second to fly through the asteroid belt, and the second to fly by Jupiter, and it later became one of five artificial objects to achieve solar-system escape velocity. It was built by TRW Inc.
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- the last routine contact with the spacecraft was on September 30, 1995, and the last good engineering data was received on November 24, 1995
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It was the first probe to encounter Saturn, the second to fly through the asteroid belt, and the second to fly by Jupiter.
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- In Group: Outer Solar System and Giant Planet Probes, Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) is a NASA robotic space probe launched on April 5, 1973, to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, the solar wind, and cosmic ray
Mission Of: Pioneer Program, Lead sentence
Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) is a NASA robotic space probe launched on April 5, 1973, to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, the solar wind, and cosmic rays.
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Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) is a NASA robotic space probe launched on April 5, 1973, to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, the solar wind, and cosmic rays.
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