Suisei

Suisei (すいせい) is the name of a Japanese spacecraft. This was Japan's first interplanetary mission.

The launch was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the University of Tokyo.

The unmanned space probe was sent into space on August 18, 1985. It was designed to study Halley's Comet when it passed through the inner solar system in 1986.

References

↑ Suisei was identical in construction and shape to Sakigake, but carried a different payload.
↑ Harvey, Brian; Smid, Henk H.F.; Pirard, Theo (2011). Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South-America. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-4419-0874-2.
↑ JAXA, "Catalogue of ISAS Missions" Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.

Other websites

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Suisei (Planet-A) mission profile Archived 2013-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
NASA, Suisei mission Archived 2007-11-22 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Suisei was identical in construction and shape to Sakigake, but carried a different payload.

[2] Harvey, Brian; Smid, Henk H.F.; Pirard, Theo (2011). Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South-America. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-4419-0874-2.

[3] JAXA, "Catalogue of ISAS Missions" Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.