Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Helio-N/A
Mission type
Robotic Exploration
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:04:15 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4292 ever
Mission
Stardust is the first U.S. space mission dedicated solely to the exploration of a comet, and the first robotic mission designed to return extraterrestrial material from outside the orbit of the Moon.