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Main Rosetta milestones


Date: 17 December 2013
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: Rosetta mission information panel (4 of 9)
Copyright: ESA

20 January 2014
Rosetta wake up.  Exit deep-space hibernation

May 2014
Deep-space rendezvous manoeuvres

July 2014
Start of close comet observation 

August 2014
Rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

September 2014
Start of close surface mapping

November 2014
Lander will arrive on the surface of the comet 

End 2014
Monitoring of the comet’s activity and evolution from close quarters

August 2015
Closest approach to the Sun

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This panel is available in a print-ready version for the format 70 × 100 cm, which can be downloaded here as a PDF.

 

These exhibition panels were originally published on ESA's Exhibitions website.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
16-Feb-2026 08:47 UT

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