Rosetta

Mission overview

Rosetta was the first mission to orbit a comet and to deploy a lander, Philae, to a comet's surface.

Mission data

Identity and engineering data from Wikidata (type-verified match · Q48572) · launch date 2004-03-02 confirmed

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Outcome & discoveries

Escorted comet 67P through perihelion and landed Philae in 2014.

• ★First soft landing on a comet (Philae)
• ★Detection of organic molecules and unusual water isotopes at comet 67P

Mission profile

Spacecraft

Knowledge connections

• Target of67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
• Operated byESA
• Launched byAriane 5
• Launched fromGuiana Space Centre
• Mission target67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
• Mission includesPhilae
• Visited67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
• Member of groupOrbiter Mission
• Member of groupRendezvous Mission
• Member of groupLander Mission
• Orbited67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
• Associated withApproach & Characterization
• Tracked byESTRACK
• Associated withRosetta and Philae Reach a Comet
• Associated withFirst Comet Landing

Related missions

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• ESAEuropean Space Agency

  European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.