NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

CONTOUR

Launch Time
Wed Jul 03, 2002 06:47 UTC

Rocket

Delta II 7425
Image Credit: ULA
Boeing
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 3,020 kN
Payload to GTO: 1,110 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 38.1 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.9 m
Fairing Height: 8.49 m

Mission Details

CONTOUR

The COmet Nucleus TOUR (CONTOUR) is a NASA Discovery-class space probe. It had as its primary objective close flybys of two comet nuclei with the possibility of a flyby of a third known comet or an as-yet-undiscovered comet. Built by Boeing.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 328.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit

Location

SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2002

34th orbital launch attempt

Delta II

103rd mission
3rd mission of 2002
101st successful mission
48th consecutive successful mission