Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Comet probe. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1985-056; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 2 July 1985, 11:23:13 UTC
- Launch location
- Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 1
- Orbit
- Geostationary transfer orbit
Flight data
Launch intelligence
An Arianespace Ariane 1 rocket launched the Giotto mission on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 11:23 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Arianespace
- Vehicle
- Ariane 1
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1985-056
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Jul 2, 1985, 11:23 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Jul 02 1985
- Pad and location
- ELA-1, Guiana Space Centre
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 23 July 1992
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Giotto
Comet probe.
- GCAT ID
- S15875
- Manufacturer
- British Aerospace
- Launch mass
- 545 kg
- Propulsion
- Mage 1S
- Dimensions
- 2.9 m long · 1.9 m diameter · 2.9 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Giotto.
Verification
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