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war eine europäische, unbemannte Raumsonde, die 1985 zur Erforschung des Kometen Halley ins All gesandt wurde

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Within Vinony's link graph, Giotto is referenced by 459 other articles, and connects out to Vesta, STS-51-J and 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup.

It sits within the topics 1985 in spaceflight, Derelict space probes and Earth flybys.

Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Mission type
Cometary flyby
Operator
European Space Agency
Cospar id
1985-056A
Website
www.esa.int
Mission duration
7 years, 21 days
Spacecraft type
GEOS
Manufacturer
British Aerospace
Launch mass
960 kg
Power
196 W
Launch date
11:23, 2 July 1985 (UTC) ( 1985-07-02T11:23:00Z )
Rocket
Ariane 1 V-14
Launch site
Kourou ELA-1
Contractor
Arianespace
Disposal
Decommissioned
Deactivated
23 July 1992 ( 1992-07-23 )
Reference system
Heliocentric
Perihelion altitude
0.73 AU
Aphelion altitude
1.04 AU

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Giotto
Parent body
Sun
Diameter
1.85
Mass
960
Orbital period
304.6
Official website
sci.esa.int/giotto
Image
Giotto Whipple shield ESA239195.jpg
Height
2.85
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UTC date of spacecraft launch
1985-07-02
space launch vehicle
Ariane 1
Commons category
Giotto (spacecraft)
type of orbit
heliocentric orbit
orbital eccentricity
0.17334
orbital inclination
2.09
apoapsis
1.04
periapsis
0.73
different from
Giotto
semi-major axis of an orbit
0.885
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