Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 904.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1978
80th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Centaur
48th mission
6th mission of 1978
38th successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission