Launch Overview
Vehicle
Delta 7925-9.5
Agency
United States Air Force
Site / Pad
CC / SLC17B
Outcome
Success
Flight
D311
COSPAR Designator
2005-001
Mission
Deep Impact (DIF) (Planetary Science)
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 & Provider
Rocket
Delta II 7925-9.5
Provider
United States Air Force
Agency launches
1066 (1 YTD)
Site launches
632 (1 YTD)
Pad launches
125 (1 YTD)