Rosetta to sleep through loneliest leg of comet mission
Submit on Friday, June 3rd, 2011 22:56
Marking one of the most dramatic and distant stages of the probe’s 10-year journey to rendezvous with Comet 67-P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, ground controllers at ESOC, ESA’s European Space Operations Centre, plan to issue the final command next week to switch Rosetta into hibernation mode.Other Posts:Lockheed Martin still (or again) testing first AEHF satelliteFirst MUOS propulsion subsystem deliveredIntelsat 17 moved to Ariane 5 ECAAstrium to provide communications services to German troopsHughes To Offer DSL Coverage Throughout USAESA High-Power Radio Frequency Laboratory moves to SpainRussia To Provide Glonass Access For FreeOHB affiliate LuxSpace to build two AIS satellites for Orbcomm
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