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The Pioneer 10 spacecraft was successfully launched from Cape Kennedy on March 3, 1972 aboard an Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle which incorporated a TE-364–4 solid propellant third stage. At the time, Pioneer 10 attained the highest injection energy ever achieved as attested to by the fact that the spacecraft only required eleven hours to cross the lunar orbit. After a 21 month flight, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft arrived at its radius of closest approach (RCA) at Jupiter at a distance of approximately 2.8 R J (Jovicentric Jupiter radii) on December 4, 1973.
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Wolfe, J.H. (1975). The Pioneer 10 Plasma Analyzer Results at Jupiter. In: Formisano, V. (eds) The Magnetospheres of the Earth and Jupiter. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1789-3_23
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