Pioneer Venus Orbiter
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The Pioneer Venus Orbiter, also known as Pioneer Venus 1 or Pioneer 12, was a mission to Venus conducted by NASA as part of the Pioneer Venus project. Launched in May 1978 atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket, the spacecraft was inserted into an elliptical orbit around Venus on December 4, 1978. It returned data from Venus until October 1992.
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PVO; Pioneer 12; Pioneer Venus 1; Pioneer Venus A
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Artist's conception of Pioneer Venus OrbiterArtist's conception of Pioneer Venus Orbiter
Pioneer Venus 1 at KSC
Pioneer Venus 1 is presented to the press
Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Multi-Probe - 1978 01566
Pioneer I inspection KSC-78P-0108
Pioneer Venus orbiter (cropped and turned)| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| incident | incident | [[1]] | Wikidata | ||
| commons | image | Artist's conception of Pioneer Venus Orbiter | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Artist's conception of Pioneer Venus Orbiter | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pioneer Venus 1 at KSC | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pioneer Venus 1 is presented to the press | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Multi-Probe - 1978 01566 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pioneer I inspection KSC-78P-0108 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pioneer Venus orbiter (cropped and turned) | Commons | ||
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