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Why 'Rosetta'?

Publication date: 01 November 2002

Authors: Berner, C., et al.

Journal: ESA Bulletin
Volume: 112
Page: pp.10-17
Year: 2002

Copyright: ESA

On the night of 12-13 January 2003, one of the most powerful rockets in the world will blast off from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. On top of the giant Ariane-4, cocooned inside a protective fairing, will be the Rosetta comet chaser, the most ambitious scientific spacecraft ever built in Europe.

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