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| INSTITUTET FÖR RYMDFYSIK | Space Plasma Physics programme, UPPSALA |
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| Swedish Institute of Space Physics | (59o50.272'N, 17o38.786'E) |
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Rosetta is an ambitious project catching up with a comet, following it in its orbit for two years (2014-2016), putting a lander (Nov 2014) and finally itself onto the surface of the comet nucleus. Our onboard space weather station LAP was active from start to end! |
| Back to Rosetta LAP home page |
Rosetta timeline
Rosetta needs ten years on an intricate path
through the solar system to reach its destination comet in 2014.
Here are some milestones on the road:| Date |
What
happens |
Comments |
| 2 March 2004 | Launch | By use of an Ariane-V
rocket
from Kourou, French Guyana |
| 4 March 2005 | 1st Earth swing-by | To
get
all the way to the comet, we need to gain speed by flying close to
Earth and Mars. The Mars flyby is also a nice science opportunity. Rosetta will also pass by two asteroids en route to the comet, to do some investigations also of these bodies. |
| 26 February 2007 | Mars swing-by | |
| 14 November 2007 | 2nd Earth swing-by | |
| 5 September 2008 |
Astroid Steins flyby |
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| 11 November 2009 | 3rd Earth swing-by | |
| 10 July 2010 |
Asteroid Lutetia flyby |
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| 20 January 2014 |
Reactivation |
After more than 2 years in hibernation, Rosetta woke up at 10:00 UT.
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| March 2014 |
Restart of instruments |
We restarted our instrument. It still worked, as did all instruments onboard!
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| August 2014 |
Arriving close to comet Churyomov-Gerasimenko | Full scale science operations start, though the first focus is on finding a suitable spot for the lander. |
| November 12, 2014 | The lander Philae was set down onto the comet nucleus. | |
| August 13, 2015 | Perihelion. | |
| September 30, 2016 | End of mission: To get data really close to the surface, Rosetta goes down to slowly crash with the nucleus. Goodbye Rosetta, thanks for all good science and a great adventure! |