Browsing Space Systems Design Lab (SSDL) by Subject "Impactor spacecraft"
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Deep Impact Comet Encounter: Design, Development and Operation of the Big Event at Tempel 1
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-11-10)Deep Impact Comet Encounter was a mission to crash the Impactor spacecraft and its Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS) into Comet Tempel 1 and record the event via a Flyby spacecraft. The Deep Impact spacecrafts, Flyby and ... -
Impactor Spacecraft Encounter Sequence Design for the Deep Impact Mission
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-11-10)On July 4, 2005, another first in space exploration was achieved. NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft (s/c) released a small, 350 kg Impactor s/c designed to target comet Tempel 1, estimated to be 14 km x 5 km x 5 km in size ...