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Rosetta

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spase://CNES/Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/Rosetta

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Rosetta launched in 2004 and arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. It is the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Sun, and deploy a lander to its surface. Rosetta is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and NASA. Rosetta's Philae lander is provided by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI. The mission ended on 30 September 2016.

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Observatory

ResourceID
spase://CNES/Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/Rosetta
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Rosetta
AlternateName
ESA mission to the comet Churjumov-Gerasimenko
ReleaseDate
2017-02-27 18:45:12Z
Description

Rosetta launched in 2004 and arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. It is the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Sun, and deploy a lander to its surface. Rosetta is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and NASA. Rosetta's Philae lander is provided by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI. The mission ended on 30 September 2016.

Acknowledgement
ESA, NASA
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.ProjectScientistspase://CNES/Person/CDPP-AMDA/Matt.Taylor
InformationURL
Name
Rosetta page at ESA
URL
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/
InformationURL
Name
Rosetta page at JPL, NASA
URL
https://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Comet
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2004-03-02 07:17:00
StopDate
2016-09-30 00:00:00
Note
C-G arrival : 2014-08-06T00:00:00