Radio communications were lost with Pioneer 10 on January 23, 2003, because of the loss of electric power for its radio transmitter, with the probe at a distance of 12 billion kilometers (80 AU) from Earth.
Rádiová komunikácia so sondou bola stratená 23. januára 2003, kvôli strate elektrickej energie pre svoj rádiový vysielač, so sondou vo vzdialenosti 12 miliárd kilometrov (80 AU) od Zeme.