How Rosetta deploys Philae

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Rosetta’s deployment of Philae with Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in the background.

The animation begins with Philae still on Rosetta, which will come to within about 22.5 km of the centre of the nucleus to release the lander on 12 November 2014. The animation shows only the first moments after separation; it will take about seven hours for Philae to reach the surface.

Philae is provided by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI.

Credit: ESA/ATG medialab
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We are very lucky people to see this amazing thing like Rosseta. I am so happy and wait for this miracle of human intelligent. I am so proud of these people to work at this mission. Thank you for all that we can learn about comets.

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Prison escape lander really change the orbit of the probe, which revolves around a comet. Gravity is so small that the velocity will also be small, and the landing will take a few hours and do not have any engines.

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