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Pioneer spacecraft hardware - TRW
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post Jan 31 2007, 08:08 PM
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Just dug up a small booklet with nice logo of TRW 1979...
TRW : Thompson – Ramo – Wooldridge
American corporation established in 1958 by the merger of Thompson products with Ramo-Wooldridge Corp, renamed TRW Inc in 1965. TRW developed missile systems and the Pioneer 10 and 11 deep space probes. By 2002, Northrop Grumman acquired TRW defense and Goodrich Corporation took over TRW Aerospace group. Nowadays TRW Automotive Holdings Corp is the world’s leader in automotive safety.
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post Feb 1 2007, 11:39 AM
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About Pioneer, if someone knows about any doc (HR photo, drawing) of the trusters on both side of the dish, please let me know it... (got a new 3D model again for Celestia but cannot end it because of this detail)
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post Feb 3 2007, 12:53 AM
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Phil, that is just a groovy graphic (in the purest early '70s sense)...almost looks like a Peter Max work. Thanks!!! smile.gif


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post Feb 3 2007, 01:08 AM
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I would love a pic of the TH 364-4 Star upper stage that is following the pioneer 10 to the stars.
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post Nov 5 2007, 08:13 PM
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BTW I'm searching a High Resolution of an official TRW photo showing Pioneer 10 during check-out by 3 engineers wearing TRW jackets...
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post Nov 6 2007, 07:05 PM
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Well here is a bad version of that TRW photo:
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post Nov 7 2007, 06:55 PM
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While at it, I'm also searching a high resolution of:
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post Nov 10 2007, 08:00 PM
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elchristou, take a look at:
http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/CumulusImages/Pre...0x%20512/22.jpg
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post Dec 15 2007, 05:09 PM
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December must be the month for Pioneer 10 & 11 memorabilia wink.gif
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/show...&thecat=997
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post Dec 15 2007, 06:58 PM
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Am I correct in recalling the Pioneers are now too distant for contact, and might, as far as we know, still be functioning ??
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post Dec 15 2007, 08:17 PM
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The mission page will tell you when the Pioneers stopped transmitting

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/history/pioneer.html


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post Dec 15 2007, 10:55 PM
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Press Releases (Obits? unsure.gif ) Here

Pioneer 10

Pioneer 11


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post Dec 22 2007, 10:26 AM
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As I recall, one of the early Interplanetary Pioneers, maybe #9, was still transmitting some 5 or 7 years ago when they did a "what-the-hell" look at it as part of a Pioneer 10/11 celebration of some sort. I don't know if they've looked since.
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post Dec 22 2007, 03:44 PM
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From Wikipedia:

Pioneer 6: December 8, 2000 Successful telemetry contact for about two hours.

Pioneer 7: March 31, 1995 Tracked successfully. The spacecraft and one of the science instruments were still functioning.

Pioneer 8: August 22, 1996 The spacecraft commanded to switch to the backup TWT. Downlink signal was re-acquired, one of the science instruments again functioning.

Pioneer 9: 1983 Spacecraft failed.


So only 9 is not functioning, the rest are still active!


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post Aug 3 2008, 07:44 AM
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QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Nov 10 2007, 06:00 PM) *


I'm SO sorry to miss your kind response to my problem! Tx a lot for searching! Actually this last pict is just great to higher a bit more the details of my model but still the thrusters still a problem for me... sad.gif
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