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Rosetta Space Probe Studying 67P Comet Starts Final Manoeuvre

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The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Rosetta space probe has completed its mission and the final collision manoeuvre has been initiated, the ESA announced. 30.09.2016, Sputnik International

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Rosetta Space Probe Studying 67P Comet Starts Final Manoeuvre

03:58 GMT 30.09.2016

Lander Philae separating from the Rosetta spacecraft and descending to the surface of comet - Sputnik International

The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Rosetta space probe has completed its mission and the final collision manoeuvre has been initiated, the ESA announced.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The space probe is expected to complete the planned collision with the comet ending its mission on Friday, September 30.

End of #CometLanding Collision Burn confirmed at 20:51:39 UTC, duration around 208s. Next stop #67P! @ESA_Rosetta pic.twitter.com/plInSpVXcf
— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) September 29, 2016

Rosetta was launched on March 2, 2004 to study comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The spacecraft reached the comet in August, 2014 and started orbiting it.