ICE/ISEE-3
Country: USA
Mission: Comet Giacobini-Zinner Flyby
Launched: August 12, 1978
Launch Vehicle: Delta 2914
Spacecraft Mass: 478kg
Arrival:
Comet Giacobini-Zinner - September 11, 1985 (7,862 km)
Comet Halley - March 28, 1986 (0.21 AU)
Payload:
Solar Wind Plasma
Plasma Composition
Energetic Protons
X-Ray, Low-Energy Electrons
Low-Energy Cosmic Rays
Magnetometer
Plasma Waves
Radio Waves
End of Mission: 2010
Notes: First comet encounter.
