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Stardust Sample Return Capsule
Capsule that returned samples collected during the Stardust mission. Stardust Sample Return Capsule was launched on February 7, 1999 aboard a Delta 7426-9.5 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left for deep space attached to another object (Feb 8, 1999).
COSPAR 1999-003DNORAD 28927United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Sample Return Capsule
- Common name
- Stardust Sample Return Capsule
- Payload designation
- Stardust SRC
- International designator
- 1999-003D
- NORAD catalog number
- 28927
- GCAT identifier
- S28927
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/493
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Disc RV
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Astronautics
- Platform (bus)
- Stardust SRC
Launch
- Date
- February 7, 1999 · 21:04 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-003Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7426-9.5
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 224 km
- Inclination
- 28.49°
- Status
- Left for deep space attached to another object
- Status date
- February 8, 1999
- Last known active
- Jan 15, 2006
- End of operations
- Jan 15, 2006
Size
- Mass
- 46 kg
- Dry mass
- 46 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 0.8 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00772
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- January 12, 2001
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body, attached · January 18, 2001
- Destination
- HCO
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 1999 | Earth | Feb 11, 1999 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
| Jan 2, 2004 | 81P/Wild 2 | Jan 2, 2004 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
| Jan 12, 2006 | Earth | Jan 15, 2006 | Released | — |
| Jan 15, 2006 | Earth | Jan 15, 2006 | Landed | UTTR |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113129922 (CC0).