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Pioneer 10
Also Known As Pioneer F
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A NASA spacecraft built by TRW Inc. and launched in March 1972 as the first mission to visit Jupiter and the first spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt. It was among the first human-made objects to achieve solar-system escape velocity and carried a plaque intended for any intelligent life that might one day encounter it; its trajectory gave rise to the long-studied Pioneer anomaly.
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Spacecraft Type Manufacturer StatusRetired; last contact was received on 23 January 2003 as its signal faded with distance. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Pioneer 10 was built by TRW Inc., acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002; a predecessor-institution fact per the atlas's own voice convention.
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First spacecraft to visit Jupiter and the outer Solar System
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March 3, 1972, at 01:49:00 UTC (March 2 local time)
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TRW Inc.
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originally designated Pioneer F
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Northrop Grumman, Pioneer 10, Mission background section; TRW Inc., Decline and acquisition section
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