The International Cometary Explorer mission to comets Giacobini-Zinner and Halley - An updateAspects of the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) flight to the comet Giacobini-Zinner (GZ) are discussed. The most important experiments to be performed by ICE are reviewed, and the orbital parameters of GZ are described. The dust characteristics of GZ that pose a hazard to the spacecraft are addressed, and the ICE targeting strategy toward the comet is discussed. Requested ground-based coverage of GZ is indicated, and the complementarity of the GZ coverage with that given to the Halley mission is shown.
Document ID
19870024676
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Brandt, J. C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)