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Ulysses
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Parts_of_Ulysses.jpg/260px-Parts_of_Ulysses.jpg) Ulysses spacecraft
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Names
| Odysseus
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Mission type
| Heliophysics
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Operator
| NASA / ESA
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COSPAR ID
| 1990-090B
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SATCAT
no.
| 20842
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Mission duration
| 33 years, 8 months, 12 days
(in orbit)
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Ulysses
was a
spacecraft
(or space probe). It was a joint mission by
NASA
and
ESA
. The spacecraft was launched on October 6,
1990
.
[1]
[2]
Its main aims were to study
the Sun
and the
planet
Jupiter
.
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