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Rosetta Slowing For Monumental Rendezvous With Comet67P/Churyumov-Gerasi…
Monday, May 19, 2014 6:07
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between May 21, 2014 and August 5, 2014 the Rosetta spacecraft will perform crucial orbit correction maneuvers.
These are required to slow down the spacecraft's speed relative to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – from 750 meters per-second to just one meter per-second. This will reduce Rosetta's distance from the comet from one million kilometers to just under 200 kilometers.
Source: http://stargazernation.blogspot.com/2014/05/rosetta-slowing-for-monumental.html
