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Delta II | Deep Impact (DIF)
United States Air Force · Delta II 7925-9.5 · Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 1,066th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,695th orbital launch attempt
January 12, 2005Add to calendar
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 12, 18:47 – Jan 12, 18:47 UTC
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Deep Impact (DIF)
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.
Planetary Science · Asteroid (Asteroid)
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