Rosetta puts on the brakes
Rosetta is about to put on the brakes to ensure that it is on target for comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
This video explains the crucial orbit correction manoeuvres that are required to slow down Rosetta’s speed, relative to the comet, from 750 metres per second to just one metre per second between 21 May and 5 August. By then, nine thruster burns (including one test burn in early May) will have reduced the distance between them from one million kms to just under 200 kms.
We also see the first images of the comet from the spacecraft’s OSIRIS camera (Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System), taken between 24 March and 4 May 2014. As the spacecraft gets closer to the comet, further images will improve the orbital corrections and provide more details about the comet’s shape, size and rotation.
MIRO, built by an international team for the European Space Agency, will start taking measurements from late May onwards and will measure gases released from the comet as it approaches the Sun.
Not that special its not rocket sience. EEEH yes ot is good job esa keep up the info stream to us so i can bom all my friends and people i know around me with it. Haha if they want or not i keep them informed why there is a esa againgood job looking forward to the landing
Not that special its not rocket sience. EEEH yes ot is good job esa keep up the info stream to us so i can bom all my friends and people i know around me with it. Haha if they want or not i keep them informed why there is a esa againgood job looking forward to the landing
i like this kind of expeditions ..but we NEED to explore europe and titan
Concise and informative, I look forward to hearing more voice-overs like this. Thanks ESA and good luck Rosetta.
Rosetta. Is one of the most interesting missions. I can't wait for its findings.