Giotto
Ariane 1
Arianespace
Launch Status
SuccessMission
Giotto
Type: Robotic Exploration
Probe designed to flyby Comet 1P/Halley and Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
Trajectory
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Location
Ariane Launch Area 1
Kourou, French Guiana
319 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
Agency
Arianespace – ASA
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: ASA
- Administration: CEO: Stéphane Israël
- Founded: 1980
- Launchers: Ariane | Vega
- Country: FRA
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world’s first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
