Instrument Host Information
|
| IDENTIFIER |
urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.sakig::1.3
|
| NAME |
The Sakigake Spacecraft
|
| TYPE |
Spacecraft
|
| DESCRIPTION |
The Sakigake spacecraft, designed and launched by the precursors to the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), was the first non-US/non-Soviet Union interplanetary spacecraft. It was the first of two "twins", the second being Suisei, to join the armada of spacecraft heading to comet 1P/Halley in 1986. Sakigake, whose name translates as "pioneer", carried no imaging instruments, but observed the solar wind and magnetic in the vicinity of comet 1P/Halley in preparation for the Suisei encounter of that comet. The relatively small (138 kg launch mass) spacecraft was roughly shaped like a thick disk. Referred to as "MS-T5" prior to launch, it was renamed Sakigake after successful launch.
|
| NAIF INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIER |
|
| SERIAL NUMBER |
|
| REFERENCES |
Reinhard, R and B. Battrick (eds), 'Space Missions to Halley's Comet', European Space Agency ESA SP-1066, ESA Pub Div, Moordwijk, Netherlands, 1986.
'Encounters with Comet Halley, The first results', Nature, Volume 321, No. 6067, 15 May 1986.
|
|
.png)
.png)
