International Cometary Explorer (ICE)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:ICE
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:ICE gptkb:International_Sun-Earth_Explorer-3
gptkbp:cometFlybyDate	1985-09-11
gptkbp:communication	last contact in 1999
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned	1997-05-05
gptkbp:firstBook	first spacecraft to visit a comet
gptkbp:heliocentricMission	studied solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere
gptkbp:launchDate	1978-08-12
gptkbp:launchSite	gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_LC-17A
gptkbp:launchVehicle	gptkb:Delta_2914
gptkbp:manufacturer	gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkbp:mass	479 kg
gptkbp:mission	gptkb:International_Sun-Earth_Explorer_program
gptkbp:missionType	heliophysics cometary science
gptkbp:notableEvent	first spacecraft to be repurposed for a comet encounter flew through tail of Comet Halley in 1986
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType	heliocentric
gptkbp:powers	173 watts
gptkbp:reentryDate	not applicable (still in solar orbit)
gptkbp:status	inactive
gptkbp:targetComet	gptkb:Comet_Giacobini-Zinner
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:ISEE-3_satellite
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	International Cometary Explorer (ICE)