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CONTOUR
Space probe intended to visit two or more comets; contact lost after solar orbit injection. CONTOUR was launched on July 3, 2002 aboard a Delta 7425-9.5 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Aug 15, 2002).
COSPAR 2002-034ANORAD 27457United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Contour
- Common name
- CONTOUR
- International designator
- 2002-034A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27457
- GCAT identifier
- S27457
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/418
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Discovery
- Owner
- NASA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Contour
Launch
- Date
- July 3, 2002 · 06:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 2002-034Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7425-9.5
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 204 km
- Apogee
- 106,692 km
- Inclination
- 29.87°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- August 15, 2002
- Last known active
- Aug 15, 2002
- End of operations
- Aug 15, 2002
Size
- Mass
- 435 kg
- Dry mass
- 355 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 938 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00788
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- August 15, 2002
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · August 18, 2002
- Destination
- HCO
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q735393 (CC0).