ISEE-3 mission

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:cometEncounterDate 1985-09-11
gptkbp:cometEncountered gptkb:Comet_Giacobini-Zinner
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:duration operational for over 20 years
gptkbp:goal study solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere
gptkbp:heliocentricOrbit yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ISEE-3 mission
gptkbp:instrument magnetometers
cosmic ray detectors
plasma detectors
solar wind analyzers
gptkbp:launchDate 1978-08-12
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_LC-17A
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_2914
gptkbp:mass 390 kg
gptkbp:missionType heliophysics
comet flyby
solar wind study
gptkbp:notableEvent first spacecraft to encounter a comet
first spacecraft to be placed at a Lagrange point (L1)
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:International_Sun-Earth_Explorer-3
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:powers 173 W
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:ISEE-1
gptkb:ISEE-2
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:International_Cometary_Explorer_(ICE)
1983
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:ISEE-3
gptkbp:status briefly contacted in 2014 by citizen scientists
contact lost in 1999
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/isee/main/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Farquhar
gptkb:Stamatis_Krimizis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7