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COMETS

completedLaunch 1998-011
Launched 2/21/1998HEOService GSat GTO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Kakehashi
retired
Communications
HEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
2/21/1998
Launch ID
1998-011
Launch Profile
Sat GTO O
Service Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Launch Vehicle
H-II
Launch Site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Osaki Site, Tanegashima Space Center (Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon)J
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Communications 1
Track
Mentions
23
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Sulfur is expected to be found in higher amounts in lunar ice if volcanic activity created the ice rather than comets.

GeneralValue 1.8Nov 27, 2023Searching for the ice hidden on the Moon

ATSP Innovations of Houston, Texas received $3,200,000 to fabricate a prototype of advanced bearing material solutions for extreme temperatures, pressures, and dust environments on planetary surfaces, moons, asteroids, and comets.

FinancialCapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Aug 24, 2023NASA Selects Six Small Businesses to Develop Tech for Orbital Debris and Surface Dust

The MILO Institute will invite members to perform close flybys of asteroids and comets in a mission called NEOShare and to travel to Apophis before 2029 when the asteroid will come within 30,0 m of Earth's surface.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 24, 2019MILO Institute invites partners to join missions to moon, near-Earth objects
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