MISSION NAME
Giotto
Status
Success
DATE
2 JUL 1985
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Arianespace
Launch Pad
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Description
Probe designed to flyby Comet 1P/Halley and Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
Ariane 1
Rocket Description
Ariane 1 was the first rocket in the Ariane family of expendable launch systems. It was developed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), which had been formed in 1973, the same year that development of the launch had commenced.