Rosetta Lander – Philae: Landing preparations
Acta Astronautica(2015)
Abstract
Rosetta is a Cornerstone Mission of the ESA Horizon 2000 program. After rendezvousing with comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in August 2014 and a 10 year cruise it started to study both its nucleus and coma with an orbiting spacecraft. The Lander, Philae, will land on November 12th and perform in-situ studies of the cometary material with a payload consisting of 10 scientific instruments.
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Key words
Rosetta,Philae,Comet,Landing,Landing site selection,67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
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