What is Pioneer 10?
{{Infobox spaceflight|name=Pioneer 10|image=File:An artist's impression of a Pioneer spacecraft on its way to interstellar space.jpg|image_caption=An artist's drawing of a Pioneer spacecraft in space|mission_type=Outer Solar System and<br>heliosphere exploration|operator={{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] / [[Ames Research Center|ARC]]|COSPAR_ID=1972-012A|SATCAT=5860|website=[https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/http://spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html Pioneer Project website] <small>(archived)</small><br/> [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/ NASA Archive page]|mission_duration={{time interval|March 3, 1972|April 27, 2002}} (active) {{time interval|March 3, 1972}} (in orbit)|manufacturer={{flagicon|USA}} [[TRW Inc.|TRW]]|launch_mass=258 kg<ref>{{cite web|url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/pioneer-10/in-depth/ |title=Pioneer 10 |publisher=NASA's Solar System Exploration website |access-date=December 1, 2022}}</ref>|power=155&nbsp;watts (at launch)|launch_date={{start date|1972|03|02}} at 01:49:04 UTC<ref>{{cite web|url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/pioneer-10/in-depth/ |title=Pioneer 10 |publisher=NASA's Solar System Exploration website |access-date=December 1, 2022}}</ref>|launch_rocket={{nowrap|[[Atlas-Centaur|Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D]] [[Star 37|Star-37E]]}}|launch_site=[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] [[Spaceport Florida Launch Complex 36|LC-36A]]|last_contact=Last telemetry April 27, 2002; last signal received {{start date|2003|01|23}}<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/beyond_earth_detail.html | title=Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration| date=September 20, 2018}}</ref>|interplanetary={{Infobox spaceflight/IP |type = flyby |object = [[Jupiter]] |distance = {{convert|132,252|km|mi|abbr=on}} |arrival_date = {{start date|1973|12|03}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html |title=The Pioneer Missions |date=Marc