USAF Atlas SLV-3D Centaur Pioneer Venus Multiprobe

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3D Centaur Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
Start: 1978-08-08T07:33:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36A

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Status

Success

Date

8 AUG 1978

07:33

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Bus carrying one large and three small atmospheric probes which landed on Venus

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Venus flyby

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

21 m

Diameter

3.05 m

Launch Mass

120 T