Stardust Sample Return Capsule

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center
gptkb:NASA_Johnson_Space_Center
gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkbp:collection aerogel
gptkbp:date January 15, 2006
gptkbp:discovery organic compounds in cometary dust
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stardust Sample Return Capsule
gptkbp:landing_site gptkb:Utah_Test_and_Training_Range
gptkbp:launch_date February 7, 1999
gptkbp:launch_mass 1,000 kg
gptkbp:launch_site gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station
gptkbp:launch_vehicle gptkb:Delta_II_7925-9.5
gptkb:Delta_II_7925
gptkbp:launched gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:mass 1000 kg
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Stardust
completed
January 15, 2006
successful sample return
gptkbp:mission_duration 7 years
gptkbp:mission_type sample return mission
gptkbp:objective study the composition of comets
understand the solar system's formation
investigate interstellar dust
gptkbp:operational_status retired
gptkbp:orbital_inclination 30 degrees
gptkbp:orbital_period 5.5 years
gptkbp:publications gptkb:Stardust:_The_First_Sample_Return_from_a_Comet
gptkbp:recovery_method contained samples from Wild 2
gptkbp:sample_return_location gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:sampled_in laboratory analysis
parachute landing
aerogel capture
1.5 milligrams
gptkbp:scientific_goals collect cometary dust
gptkbp:scientific_instruments gptkb:Stardust_Dust_Analyzer
gptkb:Stardust_Navigation_Camera
gptkb:Stardust_Sample_Return_Capsule
gptkb:Sample_Return_Capsule
Dust Collector
Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer
Dust Flux Monitor
Cometary Dust Analyzer
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:speed 12 degrees
12.9 km/s
gptkbp:success gptkb:true
gptkbp:targets gptkb:Comet_Wild_2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stardust_Interstellar_Dust_Collector
gptkb:Stardust_spacecraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6