3.6 Flying Out of the Solar System
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13 km/s, 4 km/s slower than that of the Voyager-1 at the same distance. The Pioneer10, Pioneer-11, Voyager-1, Voyager-2 and New Horizons probe, as the messengers
sent to interstellar space by mankind on the Earth, are flying out of the solar system.
At present, the communication of the Earth with the Pioneer-10 and Pioneer-11 has
ceased, while the other three probes are still able to communicate with the Earth.
References
1. Xu FX (2004) Introduction to satellite engineering. China Astronautic Publishing House,
Beijing (Chinese)
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(Chinese)
3. Zeng T (2010) Revelations of science. Learning Press, Beijing (Chinese)
4. Needham JTM (2000) History of chinese science and technology (volume of mechanic
engineering). Science Press, Beijing (Chinese)
5. Gu SF, Shi CL (2000) The history of the world space science development. Henan Science and
Technology Press, Zhengzhou (Chinese)
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SP-446, Scientific and Technical Information Office, NASA, Washington, D. C, pp 247−249
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197
13 km/s, 4 km/s slower than that of the Voyager-1 at the same distance. The Pioneer10, Pioneer-11, Voyager-1, Voyager-2 and New Horizons probe, as the messengers
sent to interstellar space by mankind on the Earth, are flying out of the solar system.
At present, the communication of the Earth with the Pioneer-10 and Pioneer-11 has
ceased, while the other three probes are still able to communicate with the Earth.
References
1. Xu FX (2004) Introduction to satellite engineering. China Astronautic Publishing House,
Beijing (Chinese)
2. Qian XS (2008) Introduction to interstellar flight. China Astronautic Publishing House, Beijing
(Chinese)
3. Zeng T (2010) Revelations of science. Learning Press, Beijing (Chinese)
4. Needham JTM (2000) History of chinese science and technology (volume of mechanic
engineering). Science Press, Beijing (Chinese)
5. Gu SF, Shi CL (2000) The history of the world space science development. Henan Science and
Technology Press, Zhengzhou (Chinese)
6. Malina FJ (1968) The rocket pioneers. Eng Sci 2(5):8−13
7. Johnson JL (2014) America’s forgotten rocketeer. IEEE Spectr 51(8):50−53
8. Watson N (2013) Reaching for the stars: nigel watson celebrates 80 years of the british
interplanetary society. History Today 63(1):236−239
9. Ross HE (1939) The BIS space-ship. J Br Interplanet Soc 5(1):4−9
10. Fimmel RO, Van Allen J, Burgess E (1980) Pioneer: first to jupiter, saturn, and beyond. NASA
SP-446, Scientific and Technical Information Office, NASA, Washington, D. C, pp 247−249
11. Sagan CE, Salzman L, Drake FD (1972) A message from earth. Science 175:881−884
12. Ludwig R, Taylor J (2002) Voyager telecommunications. The manual of deep space communications and navigation systems, Pasadena: California Institute of Technology, JPL
13. Sagan CE, Drake FD et al (1978) Murmurs of earth: the voyager interstellar record. Random
House, New York
14. Fisk LA (2003) Planetary science: over the edge. Nature 426(6962):21−22
15. Krimigis SM, Decker RB et al (2003) Voyager 1 exited the solar wind at a distance of ∼85au
from the Sun. Nature 426(6962):45−48