ISEE-3 / ICE
ISEE-3 began as NASA’s Sun–Earth L1 heliophysics observatory launched on 12 August 1978, then became the International Cometary Explorer and flew past comet Giacobini-Zinner in 1985 as the first spacecraft to fly past a comet. It later supplied solar-wind data during the Halley Armada before NASA terminated operations on 5 May 1997.
Identity
- Aliases
- ISEE-3ICEInternational Sun-Earth Explorer 3International Cometary Explorer
- Name
- ISEE-3 / ICE
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- ISEE-3 began as NASA’s Sun–Earth L1 heliophysics observatory launched on 12 August 1978, then became the International Cometary Explorer and flew past comet Giacobini-Zinner in 1985 as the first spacecraft to fly past a comet. It later supplied solar-wind data during the Halley Armada before NASA terminated operations on 5 May 1997.
- First Flight Date
- 1978-08-12
- Vehicle Family
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/isee-3-ice/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 22:16:15 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 22:16:15 UTC
Other
- Last Flight Date
- 1997-05-05