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    ESA > Our Activities > Space Science > Rosetta

    Rosetta's journey

    An animation of Rosetta's 12-year journey, which began in February 2004, with an Ariane 5 launch from Kourou in French Guiana. It performs three fly-bys of Earth and one fly-by of Mars, reaching the comet in 2014.

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    Last update: 9 November 2007

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