The entire Deep Impact flight system was built at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
The Launch Vehicle
Take a look at the Boeing Delta II rocket. |
The Flight System
See more information on the flyby spacecraft, the impactor spacecraft and the three instruments. |
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Flyby Spacecraft
Learn more about the spacecraft that carries the impactor and observes the encounter. |
Impactor Spacecraft
Learn more about the impacting projectile. |
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The Instruments
The high and medium resolution instruments are on the flyby spacecraft and the image targeting sensor is on the impactor. |
Targeting
Learn how the impactor spends its last 24 hours targeting the comet for collision. |
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Navigation
Both spacecraft use star trackers to navigate to their destination. |
The Deep Space Network
Learn more about the DSN and the antennas that gave overlapping coverage on the night of encounter. |