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SuccessStardust · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Sunday, Feb 7, 1999, 21:04 UTC
Launch window
Sunday, Feb 7, 1999, 21:04 UTC – Sunday, Feb 7, 1999, 21:04 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
Stardust
Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
Stardust is the first U.S. space mission dedicated solely to the exploration of a comet, and the first robotic mission designed to return extraterrestrial material from outside the orbit of the Moon.
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