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Deep Impact

Also known as DIF, Deep Impact Flyby, Deep Impact (EPOXI), EPOXI

NASA · Launched

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Completed · Success

NASA's Deep Impact delivered a special impactor into the path of Tempel 1. Deep Impact was redirected toward Comet 103P/Hartley (Hartley 2).

Destinations
Launch vehicle
Delta 7925-9.5
Launch site
Cape Canaveral, Fla. / SLC-17B
Countries
United States
Mission types
Flyby, Impactor

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 7925-9.5

    Earth

  2. Deployment

    Released the impactor probe into Tempel 1's path

    9P/Tempel 1

  3. Impact

    Impactor hit Tempel 1

    9P/Tempel 1

  4. Flyby

    Deep Impact conducted its flyby of Comet Hartley 2

    103P/Hartley (Hartley 2)

  5. Mission end

    NASA abandoned efforts to contact Deep Impact

Mission architecture

Vehicles

Trajectory record

Trajectory dataset not yet available

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Provenance

Sources

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Data verified through September 4, 2026