Is Pioneer 10 still active?

Is Pioneer 10 still active?

Pioneer 10 sent its last signal to Earth in January 2003 from a distance of 7. Voyager 1 is the most distant spacecraft, about 17. Pioneer 10, the next most distant, is about 15.

Is there a Pioneer 12?

The Pioneer Venus Orbiter, also known as Pioneer Venus 1 or Pioneer 12, was a mission to Venus conducted by NASA as part of the Pioneer Venus project. Launched in May 1978 atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket, the spacecraft was inserted into an elliptical orbit around Venus on December 4, 1978. The Pioneer Venus Orbiter disintegrated upon entering the atmosphere of Venus on October 22, 1992.

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