Rosetta 2014: The Final Countdown Andrea Accomazzo and Paolo Ferri ESOC / Mission Operations Department 10/12/13 ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use

Where is Rosetta now? A. Accomazzo / P.Ferri | ESOC | 10/12/13 | HSO-O| Slide 2 ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use

Mission Events 20 Jan 2014 Wake-up (comet distance 9 Mkm, relative velocity 800 m/s) Mar/Apr 2014 Power > 650 W (comet distance 5 Mkm, relative velocity 800 m/s). Start payload commissioning. Attempt early comet detection with science camera May to Jul 2014 Detect and Approach the Comet - comet distance 2 Mkm 100 km. Slow down (relative velocity) to ca. 0.5m/s Aug to Oct 2014 Characterise Comet for Landing (comet distance 100-20 km, /relative velocity 1-0.1 m/s) Nov 2014 Landing Dec 2014-Dec 2015 Orbit the Comet A. Accomazzo / P.Ferri | ESOC | 10/12/13 | HSO-O| Slide 4 ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use

How does Rosetta wake-up? A. Accomazzo / P.Ferri | ESOC | 10/12/13 | HSO-O| Slide 5 ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use

Where is the comet? The brown line shows the comet position in the sky as seen from Rosetta in May 2014 A. Accomazzo / P.Ferri | ESOC | 10/12/13 | HSO-O| Slide 6 ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use

How do we learn about the comet? Comet Simulated shape to Sun Reconstructed shape A. Accomazzo / P.Ferri | ESOC | 10/12/13 | HSO-O| Slide 8 ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use Navigation Landmarks

How do we find where to land? A. Accomazzo / P.Ferri | ESOC | 10/12/13 | HSO-O| Slide 9 ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use

How do we land onto the comet? A. Accomazzo / P.Ferri | ESOC | 10/12/13 | HSO-O| Slide 10 ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use

What do we have to cope with after landing? A. Accomazzo / P.Ferri | ESOC | 10/12/13 | HSO-O| Slide 11 ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use

What will we do after landing? A. Accomazzo / P.Ferri | ESOC | 10/12/13 | HSO-O| Slide 12 ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use

Good Morning, Rosetta! ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use