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Cometary satellites |
Below are checklists of cometary satellites, launch dates, and images of the satellites. Many solar and inter-planetary satellites are listed under the scientific/research discipline/category on this Website. Also, cometary satellites (such as Explorer-59/ISEE-3/ICE) that are part of mostly non-cometary series (in this case the Explorer-series) are found listed under those series rather than separating them out of those series or listing them twice. This is a work in progress, and completeness is our goal. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| Planet-prototype (Planet-A1) / Sakigake / MS-T5 | 1985-01-08 | Planet-A1 | Planet | Planet |
| Planet-A (Planet-A2) / Suisei | 1985-08-18 | Planet-A | ||
| Planet-B / Nozomi | 1998-07-03 | Planet-B | ||
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| Vega-1 | 1984-12-15 | Vega-1 | Vega | Vega |
| Vega-2 | 1984-12-21 | |||
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| CRAF | Canceled | CRAF | CRAF | |
| Deep Space-1 | 1998-10-24 | Deep Space-1 | Deep Space-1 | Deep Space |
| Stardust | 1999-02-07 | Stardust | Stardust Stardust Stardust (capsule recovery) | Stardust Stardust Stardust Stardust Stardust Stardust Stardust Planet-B+Stardust |
| Contour [failed] | 2002-07-03 | Contour | Contour | |
| Deep Impact | 2005-01-12 | Deep Impact | Deep Impact Deep Impact Deep Impact Deep Impact | |
| Satellite | Country | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| Giotto | Europe (ESA) | 1985-07-02 | Giotto Giotto | Giotto | Giotto |
| Rosetta | Europe (ESA) | 2004-03-02 | Rosetta | Rosetta (Earth overflight) | Rosetta Rosetta Rosetta |
(The links below lead to information sources that are maintained by others. They are not part of this Website.)
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