Deep Space 1 spacecraft
Deep Space 1 was NASA's first New Millennium Program spacecraft, built as an interplanetary testbed for twelve high-risk technologies. Its solar-electric propulsion, autonomous navigation, compact payloads, and onboard decision-making were validated in flight before the probe continued to asteroid Braille and comet Borrelly.
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Identity
- Aliases
- DS1 spacecraftNew Millennium Deep Space 1
- Family Name
- Deep Space 1
- Full Name
- Deep Space 1 spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeflybytechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Deep Space 1 was NASA's first New Millennium Program spacecraft, built as an interplanetary testbed for twelve high-risk technologies. Its solar-electric propulsion, autonomous navigation, compact payloads, and onboard decision-making were validated in flight before the probe continued to asteroid Braille and comet Borrelly.
- First Flight Year
- 1,998
- Last Flight Year
- 1,998
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- Deep Space 1 flight configuration
- Notes
- The spacecraft used one NSTAR xenon ion-propulsion system as its primary propulsion.
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass Kg
- 486.32
- Reusability
- expendable
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/deep-space-1/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 09:39:26 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 21:34:14 UTC