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ROSETTA
Launch Details
| Launched | 1 March 2004 |
| Flight ended | – |
| Status | Non-operational |
| Launch site | Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana |
| Owner | European Space Agency |
| NORAD ID | 28169 |
| COSPAR ID | 2004-006A |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 2004 Mar 2 | – | Launch from Kourou ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre |
| 2005 Mar 4 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Earth |
| 2005 Jul 4 | – | Rosettas cameras used to observe the impact of Deep Impact mission with Tempel 1 |
| 2007 Feb 25 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Mars, at alitutude of 250 km |
| 2007 Nov 13 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Earth |
| 2008 Sep 5 | – | Flyby of 2867 Steins |
| 2009 Nov 12 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Earth |
| 2010 Jul 10 | – | Flyby of 21 Lutetia |
| 2014 May | – | Burns to reduce relative speed between spacecraft and 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko |
| 2014 Aug 6 | – | Insertion into orbit around 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko |
| 2014 Sep 10 | – | Rosetta enters the Global Mapping Phase, orbiting 67P at an altitude of 29 km |
| 2014 Nov 12 | – | Philae lander detached from main spacecraft |
| 2014 Nov 12 | – | Landing of Philae on the surface of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko |
| 2014 Nov 15 | – | Philae enters safe mode due to lack of power |
| 2015 Jun | – | Several brief transmissions received from Philae |
| 2016 Sep 2 | – | Publication of photographs taken by Rosetta of the Philae lander in its final resting place |
| 2016 Sep 30 | – | Mission ends with landing of Rosetta on comet |
Launched alongside
ARIANE 5 R/B