Comet
Stardust
Comet dust retrieval.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Comet dust retrieval. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1999-003; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 7 February 1999, 21:04:15 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 7426-9.5
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Boeing Delta II rocket launched the Stardust mission on Sunday, February 7, 1999 at 9:04 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Boeing
- Vehicle
- Delta II
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1999-003
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Feb 7, 1999, 21:04 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Feb 07 1999
- Pad and location
- SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 24 March 2011
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Stardust
Comet dust retrieval.
- GCAT ID
- S25618
- Manufacturer
- LMA/DENV
- Launch mass
- 339 kg
- Propulsion
- AOCS 8x4N
- Dimensions
- 1.7 m long · 0.6 m diameter · 4.8 m span
Stardust SRC
Cometary/ISM dust retrieval.
- GCAT ID
- S28927
- Manufacturer
- LMA/DENV
- Launch mass
- 46 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.81 m long · 0.5 m diameter · 0.81 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Stardust.
Verification
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