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Rosetta

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Planetary science

Rosetta

Completed

ESA

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Image: ESA/ATG medialab · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Launched
2 Mar 200407:17:44 UTC
Last contact
30 Sept 201611:19:36 UTC
End declared
30 Sept 2016
Duration
12 years 6 months
Destinations
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, Šteins, Lutetia

An ESA mission that became the first to orbit a comet, following 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko for two years and delivering the Philae lander to its surface.

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Spacecraft

Rosetta

Orbiter
Completed

Comet orbiter carrying eleven science instruments, with two 14 m solar wings for operating far from the Sun.

Launch mass
2,965 kg
Dry mass
1,295 kg
Size
2.8 m × 2 m, span 32 m
Power
Solar
Built by
Astrium
Last contact
30 Sept 2016, 11:19:36 UTC
End declared
30 Sept 2016
Designator
2004-006A

Philae

Lander
Completed

Lander that made the first soft landing on a comet. It bounced into a shaded spot and ran for about two and a half days on its primary battery.

Launch mass
100 kg
Size
0.9 m × 0.9 m, span 2 m
Power
Solar
Last contact
9 Jul 2015
End declared
27 Jul 2016

Mission details from esa.int.