Rosetta’s trajectory: October – December

Labelled diagram indicating Rosetta’s trajectory from the end of October until early December. The diagram covers the manoeuvres Rosetta executed to get onto the trajectory required to deploy Philae to the surface on 12 November, and the trajectory it will follow to return to a 20 km orbit the comet afterwards.

The diagram is based on the animation Rosetta: close orbits to lander deployment