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Launch · COSPAR 1978-051 · 20 May 1978

PIONEER VENUS ORBITER

Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida · US28.49°, -80.57°

Payloads

1

Catalogued objects

2

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

1

Decayed

1

50% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Launch site: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), FloridaCape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 2

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Payload Payload · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
PIONEER VENUS ORBITER109111978-051ADecayedOTHER——09 Oct 1992—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B109121978-051BInactiveOTHER——on orbit—

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
1978-051
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
20 May 1978
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida
Site code
AFETR
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYBKABTM95Q713JBKVQ

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1978-051; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.