Timeline for impact events
An animation of ESA spacecraft involved and schedule of key events over this weekend. Keep watching the 'Rosetta special: ESA views Deep Impact' web site for more details.
28 June
09:00 - First Rosetta pre-impact image received
3 July
08:07 - Impactor probe released from Deep Impact
09:52 - First image expected from impactor
4 July
07:37 - Rosetta switches to shorter monitoring 'dwell' time
07:52 - IMPACT
08:10 - NASA expected to confirm impact
09:19 - Rosetta switches back to slow monitor mode
12:00 - First NAVCAM image of impact from Rosetta expected
17:00 - First science results from Rosetta expected after 17:00
17:30 - Debris cloud expected to reach maximum brightness
20:00 - First images expected from Hubble Space Telescope
22:00 - First image expected from ESO Chile
22:30 - ESA's OGS Tenerife begins observations
5 July
00:30 - First images expected from OGS Tenerife
02:00 - More images expected from ESO Chile
All times are approximate, Earth-received time, Central European Summer Time (CEST)
- ESA's comet chaser
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta - Rosetta factsheet
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_factsheet - XMM-Newton factsheet
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/XMM-Newton_factsheet - Hubble factsheet
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Hubble_factsheet - NASA Deep Impact
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html - ESO Deep Impact news
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2005/pr-15-05.html - Life of a comet
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Life_of_a_comet - Tempel 1: Biography of a comet
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Tempel_1_Biography_of_a_comet - Rosetta monitors Deep Impact
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Rosetta_monitors_Deep_Impact - XMM-Newton to observe Deep Impact
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/XMM-Newton_to_observe_Deep_Impact - Hubble sees outburst from Deep Impact comet
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Hubble_sees_outburst_from_Deep_Impact_comet - ESA observes Deep Impact from Earth
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/ESA_observes_Deep_Impact_from_Earth - Dust and gas from Comet 9P/Tempel 1 seen by ESA OGS
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Dust_and_gas_from_Comet_9P_Tempel_1_seen_by_ESA_OGS - Tempel 1 is weak X-ray source, XMM-Newton confirms
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Tempel_1_is_weak_X-ray_source_XMM-Newton_confirms