Suisei

Suisei (すいせい) is the name of a Japanese spacecraft.^[1] This was Japan's first interplanetary mission.^[2]

The launch was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the University of Tokyo.

The unmanned space probe was sent into space on August 18, 1985.^[3] It was designed to study Halley's Comet when it passed through the inner solar system in 1986.

References

↑ Suisei was identical in construction and shape to Sakigake, but carried a different payload.
↑ Harvey, Brian; Smid, Henk H.F.; Pirard, Theo (2011). Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South-America. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-4419-0874-2.
↑ JAXA, "Catalogue of ISAS Missions" Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.

Other websites

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Suisei (Planet-A) mission profile Archived 2013-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
NASA, Suisei mission Archived 2007-11-22 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Suisei was identical in construction and shape to Sakigake, but carried a different payload.

[2] Harvey, Brian; Smid, Henk H.F.; Pirard, Theo (2011). Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South-America. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-4419-0874-2.

[3] JAXA, "Catalogue of ISAS Missions" Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.

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