Comet Interceptor spacecraft
ESA’s Comet Interceptor is a three-spacecraft development mission designed to wait at the Sun–Earth L2 point and perform a coordinated flyby of a pristine comet or interstellar object entering the inner Solar System.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Comet InterceptorComet Interceptor spacecraft stack
- Family Name
- Comet Interceptor
- Full Name
- Comet Interceptor spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeflybyresearch
- Status
- development
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- ESA’s Comet Interceptor is a three-spacecraft development mission designed to wait at the Sun–Earth L2 point and perform a coordinated flyby of a pristine comet or interstellar object entering the inner Solar System.
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 14:57:26 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 19:34:33 UTC