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SuccessContour · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Wednesday, Jul 3, 2002, 06:47 UTC
Launch window
Wednesday, Jul 3, 2002, 06:47 UTC – Wednesday, Jul 3, 2002, 06:47 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Contour
Type
Heliophysics
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
The CONTOUR (Comet Nucleus Tour) probe, built and operated by the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), began its five year mission to explore three comets, using repeated encounters with the earth to modify its orbit in order to reach each target.
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