Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Pioneer Venus Orbiter
The Pioneer Venus Orbiter, also known as Pioneer Venus 1 or Pioneer 12, was a mission to Venus conducted by the United States as part of the Pioneer Venus project.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 582.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1978
52nd orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Centaur
46th mission
4th mission of 1978
36th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission