Pioneer 11
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| Launch date | April 6, 1973, 4:11 AM GMT+2 |
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| Max speed | 40,960 km/h |
| Cost | 150 million USD |
| Manufacturers | TRW Inc. |
| Last contact | September 30, 1995 |
| Did you know | Pioneer 11, a sister spacecraft to Pioneer 10, was the first spacecraft to study Saturn up close. |
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| ID | 649513 |
About Pioneer 11
Pioneer 11 is a 259-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on April 6, 1973 to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, solar wind and cosmic rays. It was the first probe to encounter Saturn and the second to fly through the asteroid belt and by Jupiter.
