1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach
Giotto
First deep-space mission by ESA; close flyby of Halley’s Comet.
Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 1985
- Lead / partner
- ESA
- Target
- Halley’s Comet
- Category
- Comet flyby
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Ariane 1 V-14
- Mass
- 960 kg
- Orbit / trajectory
- Heliocentric
Why it happened
Giotto flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of ESA's work toward halley’s 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: First deep-space mission by ESA; close flyby of Halley’s Comet.
Results
First deep-space mission by ESA; close flyby of Halley’s Comet.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- European Space Agency, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · license: cc-by-sa-3.0-igo (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
