Talk:Pioneer 5

Completely Successful?

The 1st paragraph says "Pioneer 5 was the only completely successful probe in the Pioneer/Able missions"

The 2nd paragraph says "A micrometeorite counter failed to operate."

Was it still considered "completely successful" even though the micrometeorite counter failed to operate? Jons63 14:36, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. Removed completely to make the sentence more accurate. Van der Hoorn (talk) 15:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where did it go?

The article omits a key fact: Where did it go? There are some hints: The infobox mentions an orbit and the article mentions an investigation of interplanetary space between Earth and Venus. What path did it follow? Where did it end up? guanxi (talk) 16:08, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably it is still in the heliocentric orbit given in the infobox. - Rod57 (talk) 03:22, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How long was it intended to send data

Article says it only sent data from March 11 to April 30 (about 6 weeks) - How long was it intended to send data, and how far away was it when data ended ? What transmission power ? What gain transmission antenna and was it aimed at earth ? Was there any error detection/correction on the data transmissions ? Article only mentions a dry mass; was there any fuel to orient the craft/antenna ? - Rod57 (talk) 01:17, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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grid reception

"The major portion of the data was received by the Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory and the Hawaii Tracking Station because their antennas provided grid reception." What is "grid reception"? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 04:25, 14 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]