Category:Giotto (spacecraft)

**Giotto**
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Instance of	comet probe; artificial satellite of the Sun;
Named after	Giotto;
Operator	European Space Operations Centre;
Start point	ELA-1;
Manufacturer	British Aerospace;
Space launch vehicle	Ariane 1 (V14 L10);
UTC date of spacecraft launch	2 July 1985 (11:23:13);
Type of orbit	heliocentric orbit;
Significant event	rocket launch (ELA-1, 11:23:13, 1985); flyby (596 kilometre, Halley's Comet, 00:03:01, 1986); gravity assist (16,300 kilometre, Earth, 10:01:18, 1990); flyby (200 kilometre, 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup, 15:30:36, 1992); service retirement (1992);
Powered by	spacecraft solar array (196 watt);
Mass	960 kg (launch weight);
Diameter	1.85 m;
Height	1.1 m (spacecraft bus); 2.85 m (spacecraft);
Different from	Giotto;
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Authority file
	Q660356; VIAF ID: 147907673; Library of Congress authority ID: n95030864
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