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ROSETTA Orbiter and Lander separation
SATELLITE
ROSETTA is a satellite composed of 2 parts:
an orbiter and a lander
Orbiter's 11 instruments:
ALICE, CONSERT, COSIMA, GIADA, MIDAS, MIRO, OSIRIS, ROSINA, RPC, RSI and VIRTIS.
Lander's 10 instruments:
APXS, ÇIVA, CONSERT, COSAC, PTOLEMY, MUPUS, ROLIS, ROMAP, SD2 and SESAME.

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ROSETTA Flight Segment
 

This mission's flight segment is constituted of :

    an orbiter, developed by EADS with the participation of ALENIA SPAZIO (integration), for the European Space Agency.

ROSETTA satellite

    a lander, developed by an eight european countries consortium (Germany, France, Italy, Great-Britain, Hungary, Austria, Ireland, Finland).

ROSETTA Lander

Each of both spacecraft will have a scientific payload composed of instruments developed by european or american scientific laboratories : 11 instruments for the Orbiter, and 10 instruments for the Lander. For more details about those instruments see the ESA ROSETTA web site.

Due to the required performances (in launched mass and requested escape velocity), an ARIANE-5 launcher was used (dedicated launch). The launch took place the 2nd of March 2004.

Ariane 5 Launcher
 


Latest update 08/03/2004