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CHARACTERISTICS
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| ROSETTA is a probe composed of 2 parts: an orbiter and a lander |
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The orbiter instruments:
ALICE, CONSERT, COSIMA, GIADA, MIDAS, MIRO, OSIRIS, ROSINA, RPC, RSI and VIRTIS. |
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The lander instruments:
APXS, ÇIVA, CONSERT, COSAC, PTOLEMY, MUPUS, ROLIS, ROMAP, SD2 and SESAME. |
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| The ROSETTA mission will study Churyumov Gerasimenko comet. |
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The satellite will cruise for 10 years before meeting the comet. Then it will study this comet for
18 months |
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The project main steps
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The ROSETTA Mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) will study comet Churyumov Gerasimenko with which the probe has a rendez-vous in August 2014.
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After a period during which a global mapping of the comet will be realised by the orbiter, a closer observation phase will follow, including the sending of a module (Lander) down to the comet.
The launch, that took place the 2nd of March 2004 by an Ariane 5 launcher, will lead to a placing in the right orbit near the comet by August 2014 for an 18 month observation period.
France contribute doubly to this mission through:
 technical participations to the Orbiter (through its contribution to the European Space Agency) and to the Lander (through a cooperation with the German Space Agency DLR),
scientific participations to the instruments on the Orbiter and on the Lander.
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Latest update 07/06/2012
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29/05/2012 
Rosetta flyby uncovers the complex history of asteroid Lutetia
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28/10/2011
Scientific Results from Lutetia flyby
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06/2011
ROSETTA enters hibernation in deep space
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12/2010
Latest news from ROSETTA
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12/07/2010
Lutetia fly-by, on saturday July 10th, was fully successful
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10/07/2010
Fly-by of asteroid Lutetia by Rosetta at 17h 45 local time at an altitude of 3000 km
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The Rosetta trajectory from launch to Lutetia asteroid fly-by  (~ 88.7 Mb) |
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The Rosetta trajectory from launch to the third Earth swing-by (~ 31.5 Mb) |
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Rosetta going through the van Allen belts during Earth swing-by 3 (~ 17 Mb) |
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Osiris cameras aiming Europe at the end of Earth swing-by 3 (~ 1.9 Mb) |
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