Rosetta's view of Earth


Earth seen by Rosetta nav cam 1
 
Earth from Rosetta 13:08 UTC 5 March 2005
 
 
7 March 2005
 
After skimming by the Earth at just 1954 km on 4 March 2005, Rosetta turned its Navigation Cameras back towards our home planet and recorded a series of black and white images.
 
These images were recorded by Navigation Camera 1 between 12:47 and 13:08 UTC, 5 March, with an integration time of between 0.01 and 0.05 seconds. The pictures show a field of view (FoV) of 4 degrees x 4 degrees.

At this time, Rosetta was flying away from the Earth having completed the closest-ever fly-by performed by an ESA mission the day before. On the bottom is Antarctica and above that South America can be seen. The coast lines are best visible in the first image.
  
 
Earth seen by Rosetta nav cam 1
 
Earth from Rosetta 12:47 UTC 5 March 2005 (2)
 
 
 
Earth seen by Rosetta nav cam 1
 
Earth from Rosetta 12:47 UTC 5 March 2005
 
 
 
Earth seen by Rosetta nav cam 1
 
Earth from Rosetta 12:45 UTC 5 March 2005
 
 
 
 •  ESA's comet chaser (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/index.html)

More about...

 •  Rosetta operations (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEMOQMQJNVE_0.html)
 •  Rosetta factsheet (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMJUZS1VED_index_0.html)
 •  Fly-by trajectory details & finder charts (http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=ROSETTA &page=Earth_Flyby)
 •  Rosetta performs ESA's closest-ever Earth fly-by (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMT9JD3M5E_Expanding_0.html)

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 •  ESA's comet chaser to fly by Earth (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMMTBYEM4E_Expanding_0.html)
 •  Viewing Rosetta fly-by: audiocast with Detlef Koschny (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEMMJOYEM4E_0.html)
 •  New destination for Rosetta, Europe's comet chaser (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMLSFS1VED_Expanding_0.html)
 •  Landing on a cosmic iceberg (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM6N12A6BD_exploring_0.html)
 •  Life of a comet (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEM3NV0PGQD_0.html)
 •  Asteroids: The discovery of asteroids (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMDVF9YFDD_index_0.html)

Related links

 •  Arianespace (http://www.arianespace.com)
 •  Astrium (http://www.astrium.eads.net/)
 •  DLR (http://www.dlr.de)