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 1985-073; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 18 August 1985, 23:33 UTC
- Launch location
- Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- Mu-3S-II
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 22 February 1991
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
PLANET-A
Comet probe.
- GCAT ID
- S15967
- Manufacturer
- Ucyu Kagaku Kenkyujyo
- Launch mass
- 135 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.7 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 1.7 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from PLANET-A.
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