Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Comet lander. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2004-006; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 2 March 2004, 07:17:44 UTC
- Launch location
- Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 5G+
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launched the Rosetta mission on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 7:17 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Arianespace
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2004-006
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Mar 2, 2004, 07:17 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Mar 02 2004
- Pad and location
- ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 30 September 2016
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Rosetta
Comet lander.
- GCAT ID
- S28169
- Manufacturer
- EADS Bremen
- Launch mass
- 2,965 kg
- Propulsion
- AOCS
- Dimensions
- 2.8 m long · 2 m diameter · 32 m span
Philae
Rosetta lander.
- GCAT ID
- A06860
- Manufacturer
- EADS Bremen
- Launch mass
- 100 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.9 m long · 0.9 m diameter · 2 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
2 images from Rosetta.
Verification
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