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Deep Impact
NASA space probe launched in 2005 to study comet Tempel 1. Deep Impact was launched on January 12, 2005 aboard a Delta 7925-9.5 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Jan 13, 2005).
COSPAR 2005-001ANORAD 28517United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DIF
- Common name
- Deep Impact
- Payload designation
- Deep Impact Flyby
- International designator
- 2005-001A
- NORAD catalog number
- 28517
- GCAT identifier
- S28517
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/467
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Discovery
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ball Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- BCP-2000
Launch
- Date
- January 12, 2005 · 18:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 2005-001Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7925-9.5
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 179 km
- Inclination
- 29.73°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- January 13, 2005
- Last known active
- November 2010
- End of operations
- Aug 11, 2013
Size
- Mass
- 601 kg
- Dry mass
- 515 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 973 kg
- Length
- 3.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 3.3 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00834
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- December 27, 2007
- Phase outcome
- Flyby · January 5, 2008
- Destination
- HCO
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2005 | Earth | Jan 17, 2005 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Jul 4, 2005 | 9P/Tempel 1 | Jul 4, 2005 | Flyby | HCO |
| Dec 25, 2008 | Earth | Jan 3, 2009 | Flyby | HCO |
| Jun 27, 2009 | Earth | Jul 1, 2009 | Flyby | HCO |
| Dec 26, 2009 | Earth | Dec 30, 2009 | Flyby | HCO |
| Jun 23, 2010 | Earth | Jul 2, 2010 | Flyby | HCO |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q208231 (CC0).