Planetary Science
ROSETTA
NonoperationalPlanetary ScienceHeliocentric
Rosetta or Rashid is a port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Rosetta Stone was discovered in nearby Fort Julien in 1799.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 2, 2004 at 07:17 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 G+ →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Rosetta
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency
- Launch mass
- 3,065 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2004-006A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28169
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational