Pioneer 11 (Pioneer G), NASA's second outer-planet probe, first spacecraft to visit Saturn and second to fly by Jupiter. Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1A with Star-37E from Cape Canaveral SLC-36B launched on 6 April 1973 on a solar-escape trajectory; maiden flight of the Atlas SLV-3D Centaur.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Solar Esc.
- Solar escape
- Payload to orbit
- 340 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 32 Atlas SLV-3D Centaur flights
- Date and time
- 6 April 1973, 02:11 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1973-019
- Launches in 1973
- 19th of 116
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