Contour Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
3 Jul 2002, 6:47am
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Contour
Mission Type
Heliophysics
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
The CONTOUR (Comet Nucleus Tour) probe, built and operated by the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), began its five year mission to explore three comets, using repeated encounters with the earth to modify its orbit in order to reach each target.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC
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