ISEE-3 Trajectory Information

Posted on January 30, 2014

Source: NASA

Type: L1 halo
Central Body: Sun
Epoch start: 1978-11-20 00:00:00 UTC
  Epoch stop: 1982-06-10 00:00:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
665,000 km 110,000 km 177.86 days 0° 0
Regions Traversed
  Solar wind

Type: Flyby
Central Body: Moon
Closest approach time: 1983-03-30 17:47:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
21,307 km     0° 0
Regions Traversed
  Magnetosphere
  Magnetotail
  Solar wind

Type: Flyby
Central Body: Moon
Closest approach time: 1983-04-23 01:03:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
22,875 km     0° 0
Regions Traversed
  Magnetosphere
  Magnetotail
  Solar wind

Type: Flyby
Central Body: Moon
Closest approach time: 1983-09-27 18:00:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
24,527 km     0° 0
Regions Traversed
  Magnetosphere
  Magnetotail
  Solar wind

Type: Flyby
Central Body: Moon
Closest approach time: 1983-10-21 16:32:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
19,178 km     0° 0
Regions Traversed
  Magnetosphere
  Magnetotail
  Solar wind

Type: Flyby
Central Body: Moon
Closest approach time: 1983-12-22 18:44:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
19,178 km     0° 0
Regions Traversed
  Magnetosphere
  Magnetotail
  Solar wind

Type: Orbiter
Central Body: Sun
Epoch start: 1983-12-22 18:44:00 UTC
  Epoch stop: 1985-09-11 11:02:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
0.93 AU 1.03 AU 355 days 0.1° 0.05
Regions Traversed
  Magnetosphere
  Magnetotail
  Solar wind

Type: Flyby
Central Body: Comet P/Giacobini-Zinner
Closest approach time: 1985-09-11 11:02:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
7,800 km     0° 0
Regions Traversed
  Tail (cometary)

Type: Orbiter
Central Body: Sun
Epoch start: 1985-09-11 11:02:00 UTC
  Epoch stop: 1985-10-31 00:00:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
0.93 AU 1.03 AU 355 days 0.1° 0.05
Regions Traversed
  Magnetosphere
  Magnetotail
  Solar wind

Type: Flyby
Central Body: Comet P/Halley
Closest approach time: 1985-10-31 00:00:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
0.93 AU     0° 0
Regions Traversed
  Solar wind

Type: Orbiter
Central Body: Sun
Epoch start: 1985-10-31 00:00:00 UTC
  Epoch stop: 1986-03-28 00:00:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
0.93 AU 1.03 AU 355 days 0.1° 0.05
Regions Traversed
  Magnetosphere
  Magnetotail
  Solar wind

Type: Flyby
Central Body: Comet P/Halley
Closest approach time: 1986-03-28 00:00:00 UTC
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
0.21 AU     0° 0
Regions Traversed
  Solar wind

Type: Orbiter
Central Body: Sun
Epoch start: 1986-03-28 00:00:00 UTC
 
Orbital Parameters
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination Eccentricity
0.93 AU 1.03 AU 355 days 0.1° 0.05
Regions Traversed
  Magnetosphere
  Magnetotail
  Solar wind

Key to Apside Units

Unit Defined as Equivalent metric measure
AU Astronomical Unit 1.49597 x 108 km
km kilometer 1,000 m