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Pioneer 10
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 3 Mar 1972, 01:49 am UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Robotic Exploration
Orbit: Solar Escape Trajectory
Pad: Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Probe sent to the outer solar system