Payload / 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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