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Spacecraft information: ULYSSES
Launch Details
| Launched | 5 October 1990 |
| Flight ended | – |
| Status | Non-operational |
| Launch site | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA |
| Owner | United States |
| NORAD ID | 20842 |
| COSPAR ID | 1990-090B |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 1990 Oct 6 | – | Launch from Kennedy LC-39B aboard Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41) |
| 1992 Feb 8 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Jupiter |
| 1996 May 1 | – | Spacecraft crossed the ion tail of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) |
| 2000 Oct 19 | – | Spacecraft crossed the ion tail of Comet C/1999 T1 (McNaught–Hartley) |
| 2007 Feb 3 | – | Spacecraft crossed the ion tail of Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) |
| 2008 Jan 15 | – | Spacecraft's X-band downlink subsystem failed |
| 2009 Jun 30 | – | Spacecraft decommissioned |