Deep Impact (DIF) Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
12 Jan 2005, 6:47pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Deep Impact (DIF)
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Destination
Comet Impactor
Deep Impact was to fly by Comet 9P/Tempel-1 on 3 July 2005. An impacter it released was to hit the comet on 4 July at 10.2 km/s, producing a crater and ejecta plume that would allow the flyby spacecraft to determine the composition and structure of the comet's nucleus.
Updated: Feb 15, 10:27pm UTC
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