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Pioneer Venus Orbiter
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 20 May 1978, 01:13 pm UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3D Centaur (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Robotic Exploration
Orbit: Venus Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Venus orbiter carrying 17 expriments