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Instrument commissioning phase, Beginning final approach to the comet
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post Mar 26 2014, 06:23 PM
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Today a member of the camera science team put up the first images of the comet on his office door. So the camera works. He said on the image is M107 and the comet could this be?
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post Mar 27 2014, 01:45 PM
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here you go: GOTCHA! ROSETTA SETS SIGHTS ON COMET
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post Apr 15 2014, 10:45 PM
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Hello again, Rosetta! Glad to see the cameras on Philae are checking out.

http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/04/15/new-mission-selfie/
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post Apr 16 2014, 08:48 AM
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I talked to a few engineers today and they say they are in the middle of the Lander checkout.
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post Apr 21 2014, 06:42 PM
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At a member's suggestion I've now created a dedicated Rosetta subforum. This should now be the active thread for Rosetta discussion. Instrument commissioning is almost over and there hasn't been much discussion, so this thread may morph into the comet approach thread.

Everybody should be reading the Rosetta blog for detailed updates on the mission status; most are written by Emily Baldwin (Space Science Editor for ESA Portal, also @esascience). Including the attached new CIVA selfie, which is cooler in theory than in fact (it's low-res and awfully JPEGgy)


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post Apr 21 2014, 10:43 PM
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French organization CNES is also good source of news about Rosetta.
Here is for example color test image from Philae's ROLIS camera:



On the image is Rosetta's Multi Layer Insulation.

Here is spectrum from Ptolemy:





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post May 8 2014, 04:48 PM
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post May 15 2014, 07:22 AM
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http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/05/14/ro...ady-for-action/

New pictures of C-G will be released soon.
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post May 15 2014, 12:15 PM
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And new images have been posted:

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Sc...becoming_active

In short: The comet has started showing a lot of acticity and now has a clear coma. This mission is now getting really interesting to follow...
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post May 15 2014, 01:20 PM
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Also a reminder of how hot the Sun is.
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post May 21 2014, 06:51 PM
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The "Big Burn" is going very well, according to the Big Burn twitter feed. smile.gif
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post May 21 2014, 09:25 PM
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Eight hours??? Wow!

Could anyone in the know explain why they chose this strategy instead of a bunch of smaller burns done earlier? Is this perhaps an engine duty-cycle thing or something like that?

EDIT: Or perhaps this is done now to facilitate a faster overall journey to the comet?


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post Jun 4 2014, 02:34 PM
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Second big burn has started.
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post Jun 5 2014, 07:48 AM
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post Jun 5 2014, 12:10 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ May 21 2014, 04:25 PM) *
... perhaps this is done now to facilitate a faster overall journey to the comet?
Looks like it to me. According to the Rosetta blog, the main purpose of the big burns is to reduce speed relative to the comet rather than just trajectory correction. So they are "braking" just before arrival. (As I understand it.)
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