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Suisei spacecraft
Suisei (PLANET-A) (すいせい PLANET-A) was a Japanese space probe sent to study Comet Halley. It was launched on August 18, 1985 from the Kagoshima Space Center and had its closest approach (150,000 km) to Halley on March 8, 1986. There were plans for the spacecraft to go on to an encounter with 21P/Giacobini-Zinner in November 1998 but they had to be abandoned due to lack of propellant.
In comparision to its twin Sakigake, Suisei was equipped with imaging instruments as part of its instrumentation package.
External links
- SUISEI (http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/enterp/missions/complate/suisei.shtml)
- Halley's Comet Flyby (http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/comets/sakigake.html)