Rosetta mission

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European Space Agency mission comet rendezvous mission space mission

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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Rosetta 3
Rosetta spacecraft 3
European Space Agency Rosetta mission 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Space Agency mission ⓘ
comet rendezvous mission ⓘ
space mission ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rosetta mission ⓘ
surface form: Rosetta
countryOfOrigin Europe ⓘ
dataArchive ESA Planetary Science Archive ⓘ
fundingAgency European Space Agency member states ⓘ
hasComponent Philae ⓘ
surface form: Philae lander

Rosetta mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rosetta orbiter
landerDeploymentDate 2014-11-12 ⓘ
landerName Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
surface form: Philae
landerNamedAfter Philae obelisk ⓘ
landerTarget Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
surface form: 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
launchAgency Arianespace ⓘ
launchCountry France ⓘ
launchDate 2004-03-02 ⓘ
launchSite Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
launchVehicle Ariane 5 G ⓘ
surface form: Ariane 5G+ rocket
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 Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
surface form: 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 Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
surface form: 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
usedGravityAssist Earth ⓘ
Mars ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rosetta mission → alsoKnownAs → Rosetta mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta
Rosetta (album) → basedOn → Rosetta mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Space Agency Rosetta mission
Rosetta (album) → coverArtDepicts → Rosetta mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta spacecraft
Rosetta mission → hasComponent → Rosetta mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta orbiter
Rosetta (album) → inspiredBy → Rosetta mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta space mission
Rosetta (album) → mainSubject → Rosetta mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta spacecraft
European Space Agency → mission → Rosetta mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta spacecraft
CNES → notableProgram → Rosetta mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta (with ESA)
Rosetta 2 → predecessor → Rosetta mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta
Venus Express → relatedMission → Rosetta mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta
APXS → usedByMission → Rosetta mission ⓘ