Deep Impact Comet-Impactor Spacecraft
Deep Impact’s impactor was the separate autonomous spacecraft article released to strike comet Tempel 1 during the mission.
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Identity
- Family Name
- Deep Impact
- Full Name
- Deep Impact Comet-Impactor Spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeimpactorresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Deep Impact’s impactor was the separate autonomous spacecraft article released to strike comet Tempel 1 during the mission.
- First Flight Year
- 2,005
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/deep-impact/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 12, 2026 at 17:45:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 08:31:49 UTC