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Rosetta

2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent

Rosetta

First mission to orbit and land on a comet (Philae, 2014).

Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
2 Mar 2004
Lead / partner
ESA
Target
Comet 67P
Category
Comet orbiter / lander
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Rosetta flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, as part of ESA's work toward comet 67p. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First mission to orbit and land on a comet (Philae, 2014).

Results

First mission to orbit and land on a comet (Philae, 2014).

Related missions

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Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog