MISSION NAME
Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
Status
Success
DATE
8 AUG 1978
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 36A
Description
Bus carrying one large and three small atmospheric probes which landed on Venus
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
Rocket Description
The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.