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Mission record

ISEE-3/ICE

Also known as International Sun-Earth Explorer-C, ISEE-C, International Cometary Explorer, ICE

NASA-Office of Space Science Applications · Launched

Explore trajectory

Completed · Success

The spacecraft traversed the plasma tail of Comet Giacobini-Zinner and transited between the Sun and Comet Halley in 1986.

Destinations
Launch vehicle
Delta
Launch site
Cape Canaveral, United States
Countries
United States
Mission types
Flyby, Heliophysics

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched on a Delta from Cape Canaveral

    Earth

  2. Flyby

    Traversed Comet Giacobini-Zinner's plasma tail

    21P/Giacobini-Zinner

  3. Other

    Transited between the Sun and Comet Halley

    1P/Halley

  4. Mission end

    ICE operations authorized for termination

Mission architecture

Vehicles

Trajectory record

Trajectory dataset not yet available

No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.

Provenance

Sources

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Data verified through September 4, 2026