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Suisei (すいせい) is the name of a Japanese spacecraft. This was Japan's first interplanetary mission.

The launch was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the University of Tokyo.

The unmanned space probe was sent into space on August 18, 1985. It was designed to study Halley's Comet when it passed through the inner solar system in 1986.

  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Suisei (Planet-A) mission profile
  • NASA, Suisei mission
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