Mission record
ISEE-3/ICE
Also known as International Sun-Earth Explorer-C, ISEE-C, International Cometary Explorer, ICE
NASA-Office of Space Science Applications · Launched
Explore trajectoryCompleted · Success
The spacecraft traversed the plasma tail of Comet Giacobini-Zinner and transited between the Sun and Comet Halley in 1986.
- Destinations
- Launch vehicle
- Delta
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral, United States
- Countries
- United States
- Mission types
- Flyby, Heliophysics
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission end
ICE operations authorized for termination
Mission architecture
Vehicles
ISEE-3/ICE · Spacecraft · completed
Destinations: 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, 1P/Halley
Trajectory record
Time-dependent navigation trajectory
Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.
Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.
- ISEE-3/ICE: Estimated · December 31, 2013 to December 29, 2014
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through October 12, 2026
- ISEE 3 - NSSDCA Master Catalog (spacecraft 1978-079A), archived snapshot — NSSDCAArchive · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- ISEE-3/ICE - NASA Science — NASAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- ISEE 3 original spacecraft description — NSSDCAMission page · Supports: mission claims
- ISEE-3 original Data Pool ephemeris — NASAEphemeris · Supports: mission claims
- ISEE-3 Data Pool native ephemeris format — NASATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
- Quick-Look Data Pool, Selected from 10 Experiments + Ephemeris — NSSDCATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
- Merged Plasma and Magnetic Field (1-Min) Geotail Data (Inc. Ephemeris Data) — NSSDCATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
- 64 Sec Avgd Mag Field Data Pool Plots with ISEE 1 Orbit Time Format on Mfiche — NSSDCATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
- JPL Trajectory for Comet Giacobini-Zinner Encounter — NSSDCATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
- 1-Hour ISEE 3 Ephemeris Selected from Data Pool, in ASCII, Compressed — NSSDCATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
- 21P/Giacobini-Zinner - NASA Science — NASAMission page · Supports: destination/body context
- 1P/Halley - NASA Science — NASAMission page · Supports: destination/body context
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context