Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family)

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Rosetta was a European Space Agency comet-chasing spacecraft that famously orbited and deployed a lander onto comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comet orbiter
interplanetary probe
spacecraft
carriesLander Philae lander
surface form: Philae
communicationBand S-band
X-band
countryOfOrigin Europe
deepSpaceNetworkSupport ESA ESTRACK network
surface form: ESA ESTRACK

Deep Space Network
surface form: NASA Deep Space Network
deployedLanderOn Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
surface form: 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
firsts first mission to deploy a lander on a comet nucleus
first spacecraft to orbit a comet nucleus
flewBy Earth
Mars
asteroid 21 Lutetia
asteroid Šteins
surface form: asteroid 2867 Šteins
gravityAssistBody Earth
Mars
instrumentCount 11 scientific instruments on orbiter
landerDeploymentDate 2014-11-12
landerInstrumentCount 10 scientific instruments on Philae lander
launchDate 2004-03-02
launchMass about 3000 kilograms
launchSite Guiana Space Centre
Kourou
surface form: Kourou, French Guiana
launchVehicle Ariane 5 G
surface form: Ariane 5G+ (earlier Ariane 5 variant)
launchVehicleFamily Ariane 5
manufacturer Astrium
surface form: Airbus Defence and Space (later name of Astrium)

Astrium
missionDuration about 12 years and 6 months
missionEnd 2016-09-30
missionEndReason controlled impact on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
missionType comet rendezvous mission
planetary science mission
namedAfter Rosetta Stone
operator European Space Agency
orbitTypeAtComet bound orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
powerSource solar panels
program ESA Horizon 2000 programme
surface form: ESA Horizon 2000 cornerstone missions
rendezvousDate 2014-08-06
scienceObjectives investigate origin of comets
investigate role of comets in delivering water and organics to early Earth
study comet coma and tail
study comet nucleus composition
spaceAgency ESA
target Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
surface form: 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
targetType comet
trajectory multiple gravity assists

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Ariane 5 ECA notablePayload Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family)