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The first Rosetta asteroid flyby
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.06.013 Bibcode: 2010AcAau..66..382A

Ferri, Paolo; Accomazzo, Andrea; Hubault, Armelle +3 more

The International Rosetta Mission, a cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency Scientific Programme, was launched on 2 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 de…

2010 • Acta Astronautica
Rosetta 11
Preparing the Rosetta deep-space operations
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.06.019 Bibcode: 2010AcAau..67.1272F

Ferri, Paolo; Accomazzo, Andrea; Hubault, Armelle +3 more

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

2010 • Acta Astronautica
Rosetta 8