Pioneer 9

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:collection magnetic field data
solar wind measurements
plasma data
radiation data
cosmic ray data
gptkbp:community gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center
gptkb:NASA_Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory
gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkbp:contribution discovery of solar wind properties
investigation of solar radiation
measurement of cosmic rays
study of magnetic fields in space
gptkbp:data_transmission radio signals
gptkbp:data_usage 8 bits per second
gptkbp:distance_from_earth approximately 1.5 billion kilometers
gptkbp:final_contact 1987-02-17
gptkbp:frequency 2290 MHz
gptkbp:height 1.5 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pioneer 9
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:New_Horizons_mission
gptkb:Voyager_program
Pioneer 10 mission
Pioneer 11 mission
Pioneer 12 mission
gptkbp:launch_date 1968-11-08
gptkbp:launch_site gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station
gptkbp:launch_vehicle gptkb:Atlas-Centaur
gptkbp:launch_window gptkb:1968
gptkbp:launched gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:legacy paved the way for future missions
gptkbp:length 2.5 meters
gptkbp:mission gptkb:1978
understand solar phenomena
study the heliosphere
explore interplanetary space
gptkbp:mission_duration approximately 10 years
gptkbp:mission_type solar system exploration
gptkbp:orbital_period approximately 11.86 years
gptkbp:power_source radioisotope thermoelectric generator
gptkbp:primary_mission study solar wind
gptkbp:scientific_instruments gptkb:cosmic_ray_detector
gptkb:magnetometer
microwave radiometer
plasma analyzer
gptkbp:status inactive
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Pioneer_10
gptkbp:weight approximately 250 kilograms
gptkbp:width 1.5 meters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NASA's_Pioneer_program
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6