Sakigake Mission: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- January 7, 1985
- Declared end
- January 7, 1999
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
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Targets you can open in 3D:
A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
The Sakigake spacecraft, a test spacecraft for the Japanese launched on 7 January 1985, flew by Halley's Comet at a distance of about 7 million km. It was part of the Halley Armada, but also the interplanetary plasma and Earth's magnetic tail. Sakigake paved the way for the Suisei mission.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.sakigake
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/