Probe designed to flyby Comet 1P/Halley and Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
Vehicle
Ariane 1
Ariane · 1
Height
50 m
Diameter
3.8 m
LEO capacity
1,400 kg
Successful launches
9
Launch complex
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.