The encounter time line and mission profile are presented for the Pioneer Venus 1 Spacecraft and for the four probes and transponder bus that comprise Pioneer Venus 2. Known facts about Venus are reviewed and the history of discoveries about the planet is related. Operations of the orbiter and multiprobe are described as well as the 30 instruments being carried and provisions for data transmission.


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    Title :

    Pioneer Venus encounter will occur in December


    Publication date :

    1978-11-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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