Giotto Programme
The European Space Agency’s Giotto Programme was ESA’s first deep-space mission, launched on July 2, 1985 to study Halley’s Comet at close range and later encounter comet Grigg–Skjellerup. Giotto returned high-resolution observations during the 1986 Halley encounter and demonstrated an extended comet mission after an Earth gravity assist.
Identity
- Aliases
- GiottoGiotto MissionGiotto Comet Mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Giotto Programme
- Status
- completed
- Types
- explorationscienceoperations
Details
- Description
- The European Space Agency’s Giotto Programme was ESA’s first deep-space mission, launched on July 2, 1985 to study Halley’s Comet at close range and later encounter comet Grigg–Skjellerup. Giotto returned high-resolution observations during the 1986 Halley encounter and demonstrated an extended comet mission after an Earth gravity assist.
- End Date
- 1992
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 1985
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 12:22:21 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 12:22:21 UTC