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retired ESA spacecraft which visited Comets Halley and Grigg-Skjellerup

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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