United States Air Force
Deep Impact (DIF)
Delta II 7925-9.5
SUCCESS
Success
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 · 18:47 UTC
Mission
/01Deep 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.
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Asteroid (Asteroid)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Delta II 7925-9.5
Variant: 7925-9.5
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.446° N, 80.566° W
125
Pad Launches
632
Location Launches
1066
Agency Launches
1
Orbital This Year