Rosetta was a European Space Agency space probe launched on 2 March 2004 to study comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, together with its lander Philae. On the way it flew past Earth, Mars and the asteroids 21 Lutetia and 2867 Steins, reached the comet on 6 August 2014 and went into orbit around it at distances of 30 to 10 kilometres. Philae made the first successful landing on a comet on 12 November 2014. Rosetta was the third cornerstone mission of ESA's Horizon 2000 programme and cost about 1.3 billion euros. The spacecraft was built by an industrial team led by prime contractor Astrium GmbH of Friedrichshafen, Germany, the business that later became part of Airbus Defence and Space. The orbiter ended its mission on 30 September 2016 by hard landing on the comet.
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The Rosetta spacecraft was built by an industrial team led by prime contractor Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany
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The Rosetta spacecraft was built by an industrial team led by prime contractor Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany
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Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency that launched on 2 March 2004.
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On 30 September 2016, the Rosetta spacecraft ended its mission by hard-landing on the comet in its Ma'at region.
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Main propulsion comprised 24 paired bipropellant 10 N thrusters, with four pairs of thrusters being used for delta-v burns.
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Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency that launched on 2 March 2004.
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The Rosetta spacecraft was built by an industrial team led by prime contractor Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany
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