Spacecraft distance from Earth
Pioneer 11
Pioneer 11 is about 11.03 billion miles from Earth, moving away at 80,856 mph.
Updated Friday 11:22 PM ET.
Distance from Earth, right now
About 11.03 billion miles
17,752,111,649 km. Calculated from NASA/JPL’s daily position, so it’s approximate.
Signal time to Earth16 h 26 min
Distance gained per day1.94 million miles
LaunchedApr 6, 1973 (53 years ago)
StatusNo contact since 1995
The view from Pioneer 11
About
The first spacecraft to fly past Saturn. Contact ended in 1995; its path is still calculated.
Nearby on the scoreboard
- Pioneer 1013.14 billion miles, farther
- New Horizons6.18 billion miles, closer
Distances and asteroid data courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech (Horizons and the Center for Near Earth Object Studies). The Space Station’s distance is its typical height. Space Scoreboard is not affiliated with NASA, JPL or Caltech.