The probe was named after the Rosetta Stone, a stele of Egyptian origin featuring a decree in three scripts. On 30 September 2016, the Rosetta spacecraft ended its mission by hard-landing on the comet in its Ma'at region. Communications with Philae were briefly restored in June and July 2015, but due to diminishing solar power, Rosetta 's communications module with the lander was turned off on 27 July 2016. On 12 November, its lander module Philae performed the first successful landing on a comet, though its battery power ran out two days later.
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On 6 August 2014, the spacecraft reached the comet and performed a series of manoeuvres to eventually orbit the comet at distances of 30 to 10 kilometres (19 to 6 mi). It was launched as the third cornerstone mission of the ESA's Horizon 2000 programme, after SOHO / Cluster and XMM-Newton. During its journey to the comet, the spacecraft performed flybys of Earth, Mars, and the asteroids 21 Lutetia and 2867 Šteins. Along with Philae, its lander module, Rosetta performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P). Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004.
Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis Optical, Spectroscopic, and InfraRed Remote Imaging System
Microwave Spectrometer for the Rosetta Orbiter Grain Impact Analyser and Dust Accumulator 2 March 2004, 07:17:51 ( UTC07:17:51) UTC ģ0 September 2016, 10:39:28 ( UTC10:39:29) UTC SCETĢ years, 55 days of operations at the cometĬomet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radio wave Transmission
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