TITAN 3E CENTAUR R/B(2)
Launched | 4 September 1977 |
Flight ended | – |
Status | Unknown |
Launch site | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA |
Owner | United States |
NORAD ID | 10323 |
COSPAR ID | 1977-084C |
Observing |
Timeline
1977 Sep 5 | – | Launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41 |
1979 Mar 5 | – | Flyby of Jupiter (closest approach) |
1980 Nov 12 | – | Flyby of Saturn (closest approach) |
1980 Nov 12 | – | Flyby of Titan |
1990 Feb 14 | – | Pale Blue Dot photograph taken |
1998 Feb 17 | – | Became the most distant spacecraft from Earth, overtaking Pioneer 10 |
2004 Dec 15 | – | Spacecraft entered the Sun's heliosheath (estimated date) |
2010 Dec 13 | – | Spacecraft confirmed to have passed the outer boundary of the solar wind |
2011 Dec 1 | – | Detection of the first Lyman-alpha radiation originating from the Milky Way galaxy |
2012 Aug 25 | – | Spacecraft crossed the Sun's heliopause (estimated date) |
2013 Mar 15 | – | Spacecraft entered interstellar space (estimated date) |