Rosetta mission

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The Rosetta mission was a European Space Agency spacecraft project that orbited and deployed a lander onto comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko to study its composition and behavior in unprecedented detail.

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instanceOf European Space Agency mission
comet rendezvous mission
space mission
alsoKnownAs Rosetta
linked to: Rosetta mission
countryOfOrigin Europe
dataArchive ESA Planetary Science Archive
fundingAgency European Space Agency member states
hasComponent Philae lander
linked to: Philae

Rosetta orbiter
linked to: Rosetta mission
landerDeploymentDate 2014-11-12
landerName Philae
landerNamedAfter Philae obelisk
landerTarget 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
launchAgency Arianespace
launchCountry France
launchDate 2004-03-02
launchSite Guiana Space Centre
launchVehicle Ariane 5G+ rocket
linked to: Ariane 5 G
missionEndDate 2016-09-30
missionEndEvent controlled impact on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
missionType lander deployment
orbiter
namedAfter Rosetta Stone
notableAchievement detailed mapping of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
first mission to deploy a lander on a comet nucleus
first spacecraft to orbit a comet nucleus
notableDiscovery detection of organic molecules on comet 67P
measurement of comet 67P density and shape
objective investigate comet nucleus composition
investigate early Solar System conditions
study comet activity and coma
study dust and gas emissions
study organic molecules on a comet
operator European Space Agency
orbitInsertionTarget 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
performedFlyby asteroid Lutetia
asteroid Šteins
primaryObjective study comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
program ESA Horizon 2000 programme
rendezvousDate 2014-08-06
scienceDiscipline astrochemistry
cometary science
planetary science
spaceAgency European Space Agency
spacecraftBus custom ESA design
status completed
target 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
usedGravityAssist Earth
Mars

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European Space Agency mission Rosetta mission
Rosetta (album) inspiredBy Rosetta space mission
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Rosetta (album) mainSubject Rosetta spacecraft
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Rosetta (album) basedOn European Space Agency Rosetta mission
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Rosetta (album) coverArtDepicts Rosetta spacecraft
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Rosetta 2 predecessor Rosetta
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CNES notableProgram Rosetta (with ESA)
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Rosetta mission alsoKnownAs Rosetta
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Rosetta mission hasComponent Rosetta orbiter
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Venus Express relatedMission Rosetta
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Ariane launch vehicle programme notableMissionLaunched Rosetta spacecraft
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APXS usedByMission Rosetta mission
Origins (Arrival) partOf Rosetta
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Starstuff inspiredBy Rosetta space mission
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Rosetta inspiredBy Rosetta space mission
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Perihelion (track) inspiredBy European Space Agency Rosetta mission
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Return to the Void inspiredBy Rosetta mission
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Rosetta inspiredBy Rosetta mission
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ESA Horizon 2000 programme notableWork Rosetta mission
ESA ESTRACK network supports Rosetta mission