Comet
Contour
Comet probe.
Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Comet probe. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2002-034; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 July 2002, 06:47:41 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 7425-9.5
- Orbit
- Very high Earth orbit
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Boeing Delta II rocket launched the Contour mission on Wednesday, July 3, 2002 at 6:47 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Boeing
- Vehicle
- Delta II
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2002-034
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Jul 3, 2002, 06:47 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Jul 03 2002
- Pad and location
- SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 15 August 2002
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Contour
Comet probe.
- GCAT ID
- S27457
- Manufacturer
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Launch mass
- 435 kg
- Propulsion
- AOCS
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 2 m diameter · 2 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Contour.
Verification
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