1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach
Sakigake
Japan’s first deep-space mission.
Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 1985
- Lead / partner
- Japan
- Target
- Halley’s Comet
- Category
- Comet flyby
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Mu-3SII
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Heliocentric
Why it happened
Sakigake flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of Japan'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: Japan’s first deep-space mission.
Results
Japan’s first deep-space mission.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog