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Rosetta Lander mission: landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Jen...

   

Rosetta Lander mission: landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Jen...



Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 26 Ιαν 2015
Full title: The Rosetta Lander (PHILAE) mission: landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

The
Rosetta Lander, Philae, landed on 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko on 12
November 2014. Before this could happen, a landing site had to be
selected within just 2 months, based on data from the Rosetta Orbiter
instruments and analyses on flight dynamics and illumination profiles.
Philae was programmed to perform a First Scientific Sequence,
immediately following touch down, and then enter its long term science
mode.

The paper will report on the actual landing and the very
first results. The landing was successful, though the operational
sequences had to be modified ad hoc: Philae did not anchor upon first
touchdown at 15:34:06
UTC but rebounded at least once, finally settling - fully operating all
the while - at a place not ideal for long-term science. A wealth of
science data has been received.

Rosetta is an ESA mission with
contributions from its member states and NASA. Rosetta's Philae lander
is provided by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI.

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