Suisei

is the name of a Japanese  spacecraft.Suisei was identical in construction and shape to Sakigake, but carried a different payload.  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.JAXA,  "Catalogue of ISAS Missions" ; retrieved 2012-4-2.  It was designed to study Halley's Comet when it passed through the inner solar system in 1986.

 References 

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

Category:Japanese satellites
Category:1980s in spaceflight