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Giotto
Retired ESA spacecraft which visited Comets Halley and Grigg-Skjellerup. Giotto was launched on July 2, 1985 aboard a Ariane 1 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Jul 4, 1985).
COSPAR 1985-056ANORAD 15875European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Giotto
- International designator
- 1985-056A
- NORAD catalog number
- 15875
- GCAT identifier
- S15875
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/130
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ESA Plan
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- British Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- ESA Geos
Launch
- Date
- July 2, 1985 · 11:23 UTC
- Launch record
- 1985-056Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GTO
- Perigee
- 202 km
- Apogee
- 35,807 km
- Inclination
- 6.99°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- July 4, 1985
- Last known active
- Jul 23, 1992
- End of operations
- Jul 23, 1992
Size
- Mass
- 545 kg
- Dry mass
- 476 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 958 kg
- Length
- 2.9 m
- Diameter
- 1.90 m
- Span
- 2.9 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00666
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- June 26, 1999
- Phase outcome
- Flyby · July 5, 1999
- Destination
- HCO
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 1985 | Earth | Jul 8, 1985 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q660356 (CC0).