Questions tagged [giotto]
Questions regarding the Giotto ESA probe, which flew to within 600km of Halley's comet.
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How was the Giotto spacecraft reactivated from hibernation mode?
The Wikipedia article on Giotto states that:
Giotto was the first spacecraft to be re-activated from hibernation mode.
How was the reactivation accomplished?
Does the statement mean the ...
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Where is Giotto now?
Launched in 1985, ESA's Giotto became the first spacecraft to visit a comet. Since then it has done at least some Earth flybys/slingshots to visit other comets.
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