Delta II
SuccessDeep Impact (DIF) · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Wednesday, Jan 12, 2005, 18:47 UTC
Launch window
Wednesday, Jan 12, 2005, 18:47 UTC – Wednesday, Jan 12, 2005, 18:47 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Deep Impact (DIF)
Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Asteroid (Asteroid)
Deep Impact was to fly by Comet 9P/Tempel-1 on 3 July 2005. An impacter it released was to hit the comet on 4 July at 10.2 km/s, producing a crater and ejecta plume that would allow the flyby spacecraft to determine the composition and structure of the comet's nucleus.
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