Pioneer 11

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Pioneer 11 is a NASA space probe launched in 1973 that conducted pioneering flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, helping to open the outer solar system to exploration.

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AI-generated illustration of Pioneer 11

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Pioneer 11 (Pioneer 11 is a NASA space probe launched in 1973 that conducted pioneering flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, helping to open the outer solar system to exploration.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pioneer 11 canonical 20
Pioneer 11 mission 2
Pioneer 11 plaque 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf space probe ⓘ
uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ
carries Pioneer plaque ⓘ
closestApproachToJupiterDate 1974-12-02 ⓘ
closestApproachToJupiterDistance ~42,000 km above Jupiter cloud tops ⓘ
closestApproachToSaturnDate 1979-09-01 ⓘ
closestApproachToSaturnDistance ~21,000 km above Saturn cloud tops ⓘ
communicationBand S-band ⓘ
COSPARId 1973-019A ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
currentLocation interstellar space direction toward constellation Aquila ⓘ
designLife ~21 months ⓘ
endOfMissionDate 1995-11-30 ⓘ
exceededDesignLife true ⓘ
firstSpacecraftTo observe Saturn’s polar regions ⓘ
perform a direct flyby of Saturn ⓘ
traverse the Saturnian ring plane ⓘ
flyby Jupiter ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ
hasInstrument astrometric photometer ⓘ
charged particle detector ⓘ
cosmic ray telescope ⓘ
imaging photopolarimeter ⓘ
infrared radiometer ⓘ
magnetometer ⓘ
meteoroid detector ⓘ
plasma analyzer ⓘ
ultraviolet photometer ⓘ
launchDate 1973-04-06 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
linked to: Cape Canaveral

Launch Complex 36A ⓘ
launchVehicle Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
manufacturer TRW ⓘ
massAtLaunch ~260 kg ⓘ
missionObjective measure solar wind and cosmic rays in the outer solar system ⓘ
study Jupiter’s atmosphere and magnetosphere ⓘ
study Saturn’s atmosphere, rings, and environment ⓘ
missionType heliospheric science ⓘ
planetary exploration ⓘ
notableDiscovery detailed data on Jupiter’s polar regions ⓘ
measurements of Saturn’s ring particle properties ⓘ
refined measurements of outer solar system radiation environment ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf Pioneer program ⓘ
powerSource radioisotope thermoelectric generator ⓘ
primaryTarget Jupiter ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ
programPredecessor Pioneer 10 ⓘ
status contact lost ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pioneer plaque project → hasPart → Pioneer 11 plaque ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer 11
Pioneer plaque project → carriedBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Linda Salzman Sagan → associatedWith → Pioneer 11 mission ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer 11
Jupiter → hasExploredBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Saturn → wasFirstVisitedBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Galilean moons → haveBeenVisitedBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
RTG → usedOn → Pioneer 11 spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer 11
Pioneer program → includes → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
James A. Van Allen → participatedIn → Pioneer 11 mission ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer 11
NASA spacecraft → includes → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
outer Solar System → studiedBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Great Red Spot → observedBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Europa → exploredBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
F ring → discoveredBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Io → hasBeenVisitedBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Ganymede → visitedBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Callisto → exploredBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
E ring of Saturn → discoveredBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Pioneer program → included → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
subject linked to: Pioneer
Pioneer plaque → carriedBy → Pioneer 11 ⓘ
subject linked to: Pioneer