Rosetta closest encounter with comet / B Roll

Date: Fri, Feb 13, 2015 | 07:30 - 07:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CET

Replay: Fri, Feb 13, 2015 | 16:00 - 16:15 GMT | 17:00 - 17:15 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

ESA’s Rosetta probe is preparing to make a close encounter with its comet on 14 February, passing just 6 km from the surface.

These passed weeks Rosetta was orbiting at some 26 km from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

This upcoming close flyby will allow unique scientific observations, providing high-resolution measurements of the surface over a range of wavelengths and giving  the opportunity to sample – taste or sniff – the very innermost parts of the comet’s atmosphere.
 
After this close flyby, a new phase will begin, when Rosetta will execute sets of flybys past the comet at a range of distances, between about 15 km and 100 km.
Since it has been approaching and orbiting the comet Rosetta has already given a fantastic harvest of information to the scientific community.

This B Roll includes pictures of the comet linked to the last scientific results with new images of Rosetta's Control Room at ESOC. It includes interviews with Matt Taylor, ESA’s Rosetta project scientist and Andrea Accomazzo, Rosetta flight director, ESA .

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2015/02/Rosetta_s_closest_encounter

Script:
EbS97667.doc

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.