1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories
Deep Space 1
Ion-propulsion technology mission; flew by asteroid Braille and comet Borrelly.
Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 1998
- Lead / partner
- United States
- Target
- Asteroid / comet
- Category
- Technology / planetary flyby
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- unknown
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
Why it happened
Deep Space 1 flew during 1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories, as part of United States's work toward asteroid / comet. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Ion-propulsion technology mission; flew by asteroid Braille and comet Borrelly.
Results
Ion-propulsion technology mission; flew by asteroid Braille and comet Borrelly.
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Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog