How the various components of this mission
will operate and what it will do in space(^15)
(^0)
m
ill
io
n
km
(^) ( 9
(^3) m
ill
ion
(^) m
ile
s)
- 5 million^ km (^932 ,
000 m
iles)
Lagrange Point 2 (L2)
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Waitingforthe
rightmoment
Themissionwillremain
parkedatLagrangepoint
2 (L2)foruptothreeyears
whiletheteamhuntsfora
suitabletarget.
Releasetime
Thetwosmallerspacecraft
willbereleasedbetweenone
dayandthreeweeksbefore
theflybywiththecomet.
Intothecoma
Thesmallerspacecraftwillfly
withinthecomaofthecomet,
theactiveregionwhere
materialsurroundsit.
Morespacecraft
Themissioncouldalsoinclude
moresmallspacecraft,like
CubeSats,possiblyonebeing
suppliedbyNASA.
Comet Interceptor