Deep Impact
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Deep Impact was a NASA space probe mission launched in 2005 to study the composition of comet Tempel 1 by releasing an impactor to collide with its surface while a flyby spacecraft observed the resulting ejecta.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space probe mission
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comet exploration mission ⓘ |
| communicationBand | X-band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dataUsedFor |
constraining models of the early solar system
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studying comet formation and evolution ⓘ |
| discovererOrDesigner | Michael A’Hearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendedMission | EPOXI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendedMissionComponent |
DIXI (Deep Impact eXtended Investigation of Comets)
NERFINISHED
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EPOCh (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flybyClosestApproachDistance | about 500 kilometers from Tempel 1 ⓘ |
| flybySpacecraftMass | about 650 kilograms (dry) ⓘ |
| Hartley2FlybyDate | 2010-11-04 ⓘ |
| impactDate | 2005-07-04 ⓘ |
| impactEnergy | about 19 gigajoules ⓘ |
| impactorMass | about 370 kilograms ⓘ |
| impactTarget | Comet 9P/Tempel 1 nucleus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impactVelocity | about 10.3 kilometers per second ⓘ |
| instrument |
High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
NERFINISHED
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Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS) NERFINISHED ⓘ Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2005-01-12 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Delta II 7925-9.5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionEnd | 2013-09 ⓘ |
| missionEndReason | loss of communication with spacecraft ⓘ |
| missionType |
comet impact experiment
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planetary science ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named after the 1998 film "Deep Impact" ⓘ |
| NASAProgramType | low-cost planetary mission ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first mission to probe beneath the surface of a comet by impact ⓘ |
| objective |
observe material ejected from an artificial impact on a comet nucleus
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study the composition of comet Tempel 1 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | Comet 9P/Tempel 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalInvestigator | Michael A’Hearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | NASA Discovery Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
first intentional hypervelocity impact on a comet nucleus
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provided data on cometary ice and dust composition ⓘ revealed subsurface materials of comet Tempel 1 ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Ball Aerospace spacecraft bus ⓘ |
| spacecraftComponent |
flyby spacecraft
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impactor spacecraft ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| subsequentTarget | Comet 103P/Hartley 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Tempel1EncounterDate | 2005-07-04 ⓘ |
| totalLaunchMass | about 1020 kilograms ⓘ |
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