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Giotto Mission

completedLaunch 1985-056
Launched 7/2/1985HEOService COSat GTO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Giotto
retired
Science Exploration
HEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
7/2/1985
Launch ID
1985-056
Launch Profile
Sat GTO O
Service Type
CO
Customer Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
ArianeSpace
Launch Vehicle
Ariane 1
Launch Site
Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 1, CSG (Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise)GU
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Science Exploration 1
Track
Mentions
2
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

The Giotto mission reached and studied Halley’s Comet in 1986 under the European Space Agency.

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