Pioneer 10

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Pioneer 10 is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that became the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and make a direct observation of Jupiter before heading into interstellar space.

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AI-generated illustration of Pioneer 10

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 10 (Pioneer 10 is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that became the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and make a direct observation of Jupiter before heading into interstellar space.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pioneer 10 canonical 17
Pioneer 10 mission 2
Pioneer 10 spacecraft 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spacecraft ⓘ
space probe ⓘ
antennaType high-gain dish antenna ⓘ
attitudeControl spin-stabilized ⓘ
carriesArtifact Pioneer plaque ⓘ
closestApproachDate 1973-12-03 ⓘ
closestApproachDistanceToJupiter ~200,000 km above cloud tops ⓘ
closestApproachTarget Jupiter ⓘ
communicationBand S-band ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crossedNeptuneOrbitDate 1983-06-13 ⓘ
currentStatus inactive in interstellar space ⓘ
distanceAtLastContact ~12 billion km from Earth ⓘ
dryMass ~258 kg ⓘ
escapeVelocityAchieved yes ⓘ
extendedMission heliosphere and interstellar medium studies ⓘ
firsts first spacecraft to achieve escape velocity from the Solar System ⓘ
first spacecraft to make direct observations of Jupiter ⓘ
first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt ⓘ
flyby Jupiter ⓘ
galacticDestination toward star Aldebaran (distant future) ⓘ
headingDirection toward constellation Taurus ⓘ
heliocentricVelocity ~12 km/s (relative to Sun) ⓘ
highGainAntennaDiameter 2.74 m ⓘ
lastSignalDate 2003-01-23 ⓘ
launchComplex Launch Complex 36A ⓘ
launchDate 1972-03-03 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
linked to: Cape Canaveral
launchVehicle Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
length 2.9 m (main body) ⓘ
manufacturer TRW ⓘ
massAtLaunch ~258 kg ⓘ
missionDurationToLastContact ~30.9 years ⓘ
missionEndDeclaredByNASA 1997-03-31 ⓘ
missionType interplanetary mission ⓘ
planetary probe ⓘ
notableEvent first spacecraft to cross orbit of Neptune in terms of distance from Sun ⓘ
numberOfRTGs 4 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
PioneerPlaqueArtist Linda Salzman Sagan ⓘ
PioneerPlaqueDesigners Carl Sagan ⓘ
Frank Drake ⓘ
PioneerPlaqueMaterial gold-anodized aluminum ⓘ
PioneerPlaquePurpose message for potential extraterrestrial intelligences ⓘ
powerSource radioisotope thermoelectric generator ⓘ
primaryTarget Jupiter ⓘ
program Pioneer program ⓘ
projectScientist James A. Van Allen ⓘ
scientificInstruments asteroid/meteoroid detector ⓘ
charged particle instrument ⓘ
cosmic ray telescope ⓘ
imaging photopolarimeter ⓘ
infrared radiometer ⓘ
magnetometer ⓘ
meteoroid detector ⓘ
plasma analyzer ⓘ
ultraviolet photometer ⓘ
scientificObjectives characterize asteroid belt environment ⓘ
measure solar wind in outer Solar System ⓘ
study Jupiter's atmosphere ⓘ
study Jupiter's magnetosphere ⓘ
study cosmic rays in outer Solar System ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA Ames Research Center ⓘ
spacecraftBus Pioneer-class deep space probe ⓘ
spinRate 4.8 rpm ⓘ
status contact lost ⓘ
trajectory heliocentric escape trajectory ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

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

Pioneer plaque project → carriedBy → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Linda Salzman Sagan → associatedWith → Pioneer 10 mission ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer 10
Jupiter → hasExploredBy → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Pioneer 11 → programPredecessor → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Galilean moons → haveBeenVisitedBy → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
RTG → usedOn → Pioneer 10 spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer 10
Atlas → notablePayload → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Pioneer program → includes → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
James A. Van Allen → participatedIn → Pioneer 10 mission ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer 10
NASA spacecraft → includes → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
outer Solar System → studiedBy → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Great Red Spot → observedBy → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Europa → exploredBy → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Io → hasBeenVisitedBy → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Ganymede → visitedBy → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Callisto → exploredBy → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Atlas launch vehicle → notablePayload → Pioneer probes ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer 10
Pioneer program → included → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
subject linked to: Pioneer
Pioneer plaque → carriedBy → Pioneer 10 ⓘ
subject linked to: Pioneer