Planetary Science
DEEP SPACE 1 (DS1)
NonoperationalPlanetary ScienceHeliocentric
Deep Space 1 (DS1) was a NASA technology demonstration spacecraft which flew by an asteroid and a comet. It was part of the New Millennium Program, dedicated to testing advanced technologies.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 24, 1998 at 12:08 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7326-9.5 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Deep Space 1
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-061A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25508
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational