Rosetta
The ESA mission that orbited a comet and landed Philae on it.
Rosetta was an ESA space probe launched on 2 March 2004 to study comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It reached the comet on 6 August 2014, and on 12 November its lander Philae made the first landing on a comet.
The mission ended on 30 September 2016 with Rosetta landing hard on the comet. It was named after the Rosetta Stone.
Quick Facts
- Mission type
- Comet orbiter/lander
- Operator
- ESA
- Mission duration
- 2 Mar 2004, 30 Sept 2016
- Manufacturer
- Astrium
- Dry mass
- Orbiter: 1,230 kg / 2,712 lb
- Launch mass
- Combined: 3,000 kg / 6,614 lb
- Orbiter: 2,900 kg / 6,393 lb
- Lander: 100 kg / 220 lb
- Payload mass
- Orbiter: 165 kg / 364 lb; Lander: 27 kg / 59.5 lb
- Dimensions
- 2.8 × 2.1 xx
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