Rosetta

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comet orbiter spacecraft

Rosetta is a European Space Agency spacecraft launched to study comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, achieving the first-ever soft landing of a probe on a comet’s surface.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Rosetta space mission 3
Rosetta spacecraft 2
ESA Rosetta spacecraft 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comet orbiter ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
achieved first-ever soft landing of a probe on a comet’s surface ⓘ
asteroidFlyby (21) Lutetia NERFINISHED ⓘ
(2867) Šteins NERFINISHED ⓘ
carries Philae NERFINISHED ⓘ
contractor Astrium NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosparId 2004-006A ⓘ
countryOfOperator European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
deployed Philae on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
distanceFromSunAtLanding about 3 AU ⓘ
endOfMission impact on comet surface ⓘ
enteredOrbitAround 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko NERFINISHED ⓘ
enteredOrbitYear 2014 ⓘ
firstSoftLandingOn 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko NERFINISHED ⓘ
comet nucleus ⓘ
flyby Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ
gravityAssistFrom Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ
landerSeparationDate 2014-11-12 ⓘ
launchDate 2004-03-02 ⓘ
launchSite Guiana Space Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kourou, French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchVehicle Ariane 5G+ (Ariane 5G Plus) NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturer Astrium NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionEndDate 2016-09-30 ⓘ
missionEndEvent controlled impact on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
missionType cometary mission ⓘ
planetary science mission ⓘ
namedAfter Rosetta Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ
noradId 28169 ⓘ
notableFor first mission to escort a comet around the Sun ⓘ
first spacecraft to orbit a comet nucleus ⓘ
operator European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
payload Philae lander NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerType solar power ⓘ
program ESA Horizon 2000 programme NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rosetta–Philae mission NERFINISHED ⓘ
rendezvousDateWith67P 2014-08-06 ⓘ
scientificObjectives investigate origin of comets ⓘ
investigate role of comets in delivering water and organics to Earth ⓘ
study comet coma and tail ⓘ
study comet nucleus composition ⓘ
spaceAgency European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
spacecraftBus custom ESA deep-space bus ⓘ
status mission completed ⓘ
target 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Celestial Whispers (track) → associatedWork → Rosetta ⓘ
subject surface form: Celestial Whispers
this entity surface form: Rosetta (spacecraft mission)
asteroid Šteins → closestApproachSpacecraft → Rosetta ⓘ
subject surface form: 2867 Šteins
Exo Genesis (track) → inspiredBy → Rosetta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta space mission
Perihelion (track) → inspiredBy → Rosetta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta space mission
Exo Genesis (track) → inspiredBy → Rosetta ⓘ
subject surface form: Rosetta (album)
this entity surface form: Rosetta space mission
Ariane 5 → notablePayload → Rosetta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta spacecraft
Infinitude (track) → partOf → Rosetta ⓘ
subject surface form: Infinitude
Perihelion (track) → partOf → Rosetta ⓘ
VEX → relatedMission → Rosetta ⓘ
subject surface form: Venus Express
Langmuir Probe → usedOn → Rosetta ⓘ
this entity surface form: ESA Rosetta spacecraft
asteroid Šteins → visitedBy → Rosetta ⓘ
subject surface form: 2867 Šteins
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko → visitedBy → Rosetta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta spacecraft