Pioneer 10 - USA Jupiter Flyby - 259 kg - was launched on March 3, 1972.
Pioneer 10 flew by Jupiter on December 1, 1973, passing 132,250 kilometers from the planet's cloud tops. It returned over 500 images of Jupiter and its moons, and collected information on Jupiter's magnetic field, trapped charged particles, and solar wind interactions.
Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit boundary of Pluto on June 13, 1983.
It has now left the solar system.
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