Trajectories of Jupiter and Saturn probes. Illustration of the planetary orbits and the trajectories of six of the unmanned spacecraft that have visit
Trajectories of Jupiter and Saturn probes. Illustration of the planetary orbits and the trajectories of six of the unmanned spacecraft that have visited the outer solar system planets of Jupiter and Saturn (ringed). The first such probes were Pioneer 10 (purple arrow) and Pioneer 11 (pink arrow), launched in 1972 and 1973. Pioneer 10 made a flyby of Jupiter in 1973. Pioneer 11 reached Jupiter in 1974 and later flew past Saturn in 1979. These probes were followed by Voyager 1 (orange arrow) and Voyager 2 (yellow arrow), both launched in 1977. They both reached Jupiter in 1979. Voyager 1 reached Saturn in 1980. Voyager 2's trajectory took it to Saturn (1981) and then past Uranus (1986, lower centre) and Neptune (1989, lower right). The Galileo orbiter (dark green arrow) was launched in 1989 and reached Jupiter in 1995. The Cassini orbiter (light green arrow) was launched in 1997, flew past Jupiter in 2000, and reached Saturn in 2004.
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Photo credit: © TIM BROWN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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