Rosetta Landing Site annoucement / B Roll on FTP
Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2014 GMT
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Type: ESA TV News
Members of the media are invited to ESA Headquarters in Paris, France, on 15 September for the announcement of the primary landing site for Rosetta’s lander Philae, where in November it will attempt the first soft touchdown in history on a comet.
Note that a B-Roll about this event will be made available here with latest views of the Comet, animation from Rosetta and Philae, images of the press conference and interviews with Rosetta Scientists.
Rosetta arrived at a distance of 100 km from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 6 August, and since then mission scientists and engineers have been carefully studying possible landing sites for Philae.
Five candidate locations were announced on 25 August for further investigation, in order to determine possible orbital and operational strategies for Rosetta to despatch the lander to each of them.
At the same time, Rosetta has moved to within 50 km of the comet, allowing more detailed observations of the proposed sites.
By 14 September, the five candidate sites will have been assessed and ranked, leading to the selection of a primary landing site and a backup. The landing itself is currently scheduled for 11 November.
The final two sites, along with their operational challenges and scientific expectations, will be presented during the briefing.
More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta
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