1979-09-01: Pioneer 11 Flies By Saturn
1 Sep
2014
1 Sep
'14
10:31 p.m.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?MCode=Pioneer_11
It was the first spacecraft to reach Saturn.
As I remember, the observations it made indicated more details in the ring structure than could be observed by ground-based telescopes. That was confirmed over a year later by Voyager 1.
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Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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