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Rosetta in the year of the swing-bys

Montagnon, Elsa; Ferri, Paolo; Accomazzo, Andrea +1 more

The International Rosetta Mission, a cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency Scientific Programme, was launched on 2nd March 2004 on its 10 years journey towards a rendezvous with comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Once reached the comet nucleus in summer 2014, Rosetta will orbit it for about 1.5 years down to distances of a few kilometres and …

The Rosetta video approach: An overview and lessons learned so far

Zender, J.; Schwehm, G.; Wilke, M.

After an interplanetary cruise of 10 years, the Rosetta spacecraft and Philae lander, will arrive in 2014 at comet Churyomov-Gerasimenkov. All involved parties are aware of the knowledge decrease during these years and the potential complications that might arise during problem resolution before or during cometary operations. The Rosetta Science O…