United States Air Force
Stardust
Delta II 7426-9.5
SUCCESS
Success
Sunday, February 7, 1999 · 21:04 UTC
Mission
/01Stardust 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.
Mission Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Delta II 7426-9.5
Variant: 7426-9.5
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.447° N, 80.565° W
121
Pad Launches
559
Location Launches
1005
Agency Launches
3
Orbital This Year