Sakigake, known before launch as MS-T5, was Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. It was launched on January 7, 1985, from the Kagoshima Space Center on an M-3SII launch vehicle to demonstrate the performance of the new rocket, test its ability to escape from Earth gravity and observe the interplanetary medium and magnetic field. It also served as a reference probe for Halley's Comet and was part of the Halley Armada, together with Suisei, the Soviet Vega probes, the ESA Giotto and the NASA International Cometary Explorer.
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Sakigake also served as a reference probe for Halley's Comet
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Sakigake was launched January 7, 1985, from Kagoshima Space Center
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Sakigake was developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
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Sakigake also served as a reference probe for Halley's Comet
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Sakigake also served as a reference probe for Halley's Comet
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Sakigake also served as a reference probe for Halley's Comet
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