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Philae

ExplorationCompleted

Overview

The Rosetta mission's lander, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on a comet, in 2014.

Mission data

Identity and engineering data from Wikidata (type-verified match · Q1041962)

International designator2004-006CWikidata · catalogued
OperatorEuropean Space AgencyWikidata · catalogued
Launch mass97.9 kgWikidata · catalogued
Full field-level provenance
  • International designator: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P247 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
  • Operator: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P137 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
  • Launch mass: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P2067 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11

Sourced from Wikidata (community-maintained structured data, whose statements link to their own citations where provided); each value carries its Wikidata QID. A field with conflicting Wikidata values is omitted. Launch date is used only to cross-check the catalogue, never to override it. Fields Wikidata did not provide, or where conflicting values exist, are omitted, never invented.

Knowledge connections

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • ESAEuropean Space Agency

    European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.