Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
07:33:00
Tuesday August 8, 1978
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The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, also known as Pioneer Venus 2 or Pioneer 13, was a spacecraft launched in 1978 to explore Venus as part of NASA's Pioneer program. This part of the mission included a spacecraft bus that was launched from Earth carrying one large and three smaller probes, which after separating penetrated the Venusian atmosphere at a different location, returning data as they descended into the planet's thick atmosphere. The entry occurred on December 9, 1978.
Heliocentric Orbit
1 Payload
904 kilograms
48th
Mission
6th
Mission of 1978
80th
Orbital launch attempt