Mission record
Suisei
Also known as Planet-A
Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, U of Tokyo · Launched
Explore trajectoryCompleted · Success
Suisei was launched into heliocentric orbit to fly by Comet P/Halley and encountered it in 1986.
- Destinations
- Launch vehicle
- M-3SII
- Launch site
- Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
- Countries
- Japan
- Mission types
- Flyby
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Suisei · Spacecraft · completed
Destinations: 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.
- Suisei: NASA HelioWeb low-precision daily source positions, 1989–1990; frame inferred and velocities derived. · January 1, 1989 to March 30, 1990
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
- Suisei - NSSDCA Master Catalog (spacecraft 1985-073A), archived snapshot — NSSDCAArchive · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Suisei original catalog identity and flight history — NSSDCAMission page · Supports: mission claims
- Suisei spacecraft dimensions and actual operations — JAXAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Suisei original CCSDS tracking source definitions — JAXAArchive · Supports: mission claims
- SPDF HelioWeb Suisei daily heliocentric positions — NASAArchive · Supports: mission claims
- 1P/Halley - NASA Science — NASAMission page · Supports: destination/body context
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context