Beskrivning : ESA flame type 1 and ESA philatelic mark type 1 Ariane. Giotto passed Halley successfully on 14 March 1985 at 596 km distance, and surprisingly survived despite being hit by some small particles. One impact sent it spinning off its stabilized spin axis so that its antenna no longer always pointed at the Earth, and importantly, its dust shield no longer protected its instruments. After 32 minutes Giotto re-stabilized itself and continued gathering science data.

Another impact destroyed the Halley Multicolor Camera, but not before it took photographs of the nucleus at closest approach.

K 261 A - image retouchée ?

Sida : kourou 352   · Ref: K  261 A

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ARIANE V 14 (ARIANE 1) · GIOTTO (PROBE) · HALLEY`s COMET