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Delta II | Deep Impact (DIF)

Name: Delta II | Deep Impact (DIF)
Start: 2005-01-12T18:47:08.000Z
End: 2005-01-12T18:47:08.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

January 12, 2005 at 6:47 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Delta II | Deep Impact (DIF) launch image — Mission imagery · Delta II 7925-9.5

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January 12, 2005 at 6:47 PM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4458, -80.5657

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Rocket: Delta II 7925-9.5
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17B
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: January 12, 2005 at 6:47 PM UTC
Window closes: January 12, 2005 at 6:47 PM UTC
Feed updated: December 31, 2023 at 12:28 PM UTC

Mission description

Deep 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.

Vehicle

Delta II 7925-9.5

Delta · 7925-9.5

Height

38.9 m

Diameter

2.4 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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