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Satellite to Land on Comet

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2014-01-20 23:04 in General Discussion
Neat article, but do satellites really have alarm clocks? :)

http://news.yahoo.com/video/rosetta-satellite-awakens-continue-odyssey-003159993.html

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  • TorTor Posts: 2,010
    edited 2014-01-20 10:12
    I don't know why Yahoo calls Rosetta a 'satellite', as it is obiously not a satellite (it doesn't orbit the earth or any other planetary body).
    It's better to go to the source instead of Yahoo. Go via http://www.esa.int (would have included the full link but the forum software won't let me cut and paste with the Android browser).

    -Tor
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2014-01-20 11:18
    Apparently there's not enough gravity to hold the probe on the comet so it has to fire harpoons into the surface and reel itself "down" to make contact. Pretty darn cool.
  • TorTor Posts: 2,010
    edited 2014-01-20 12:58
    Good news.
    Rosetta has sent a signal home. Wakeup worked.

    -Tor
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2014-01-20 13:07
    still a way to go, mid march to april systems will be switched on one by one when there will be enough sunlight on the solar panels to do so.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-01-20 20:10
    Tor wrote: »
    Good news. Rosetta has sent a signal home. Wakeup worked.

    Phew, so Rosetta is more than a stone!
  • ErlendErlend Posts: 612
    edited 2014-01-20 23:04
    170px-RosettaStoneAsPartOfOriginalStele.jpg
    The Rosetta Stone. No wakeup here.

    Erlend
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