Deep Impact / EPOXI Spacecraft System
The Ball Aerospace-built Deep Impact system paired a reusable flyby spacecraft with a sacrificial impactor for comet Tempel 1. The surviving flyby spacecraft continued as EPOXI and encountered comet Hartley 2.
Identity
- Aliases
- Deep Impact spacecraft systemEPOXI spacecraft system
- Family Name
- Deep Impact
- Full Name
- Deep Impact / EPOXI Spacecraft System
- Reusability
- unknown
- Slug
- deep-impact-epoxi-spacecraft-system
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- The Ball Aerospace-built Deep Impact system paired a reusable flyby spacecraft with a sacrificial impactor for comet Tempel 1. The surviving flyby spacecraft continued as EPOXI and encountered comet Hartley 2.
- First Flight Year
- 2,005
- Last Flight Year
- 2,013
- Manufacturer Id
- jd719gpm400m50p0prn6hyxpp58aqnbk
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
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- Creation Time
- 7/17/2026, 12:01:34 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/17/2026, 12:01:34 AM