Rosetta live feed from ESA

[mithrandir]

http://rosetta.esa.int/

[pluto]

Already got my popcorn ready, it's going to be a late night :D

I'm looking at this one:
http://new.livestream.com/ESA/cometlanding
Same stream but has highlights down the page.

Also this is a great reference for the timeline of operations:
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=34219

UMSF also has a thread with useful links if anyone wants more info about the landing operations or the mission:
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=7924


Also look at these close up images :eyepop:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Highlights/Top_10_at_10_km

[rustigsmed]

looking forward to this - thanks for posting the links!

[pluto]

Emily's put it all together in one place:
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/11051415-philae-landing-preview.html

[geolindon]

its singing :)

www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/11/12/4126840.htm

[rustigsmed]

phew some audio thought there might have been some issue with my 'puter!

[ZeroID]

Now we wait ......:face:

[glend]

Is it just me or does the ESA live feed coverage remind anyone else of the Eurovision Song Contest? :lol:

[Regulus]

Successful launch and touch down scheduled for about 3am AEST

[icytailmark]

seperation confirmed

[killswitch]

Amazing photos of the comet here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/sets/72157638315605535/

[Nico13]

Telemetry confirmed with the lander, all good so far. :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

I've been watching and blogging since 8am this morning. I won't be finished until 3am. LOL
Juggling 2 Facebook groups, my own FB page, Twitter and a dedicated Rosetta/Philae chat room.
:) haven't had this much fun in a long time.

[loKy]

Humans are capable of the most atrocious things,but also capable of the most brilliant achievements....congratulations humanity!!

[pluto]

"@Philae_ROMAP magnetic field analysis revealed 3 landings at 15:33, 17:26 and 17:33 UTC"

2 bounces!

[Neil]

:DI hope the bouncing has stopped, still not bad when there's no guiding and one thruster , which was supposed to stop the bouncing. Hopefully everything will work well from here on,clear skies.:D:):D

[pluto]

First image from the surface apparently:
http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/11/welcome_to_a_comet/15048351-1-eng-GB/Welcome_to_a_comet.jpg

Little hard to judge what's going on, though due to the warping this looks like a stitch of a couple of the CIVA-P images.

EDIT: I should have read the description - "Rosetta’s lander Philae is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first two CIVA images confirm. One of the lander’s three feet can be seen in the foreground. The full panoramic from CIVA will be delivered in this afternoon’s press briefing at 13:00 GMT/14:00 CET."

I wonder why they've only released 2 of the CIVA-P images...?

[pluto]

Doesn't look good, looks like Philae may be lying on its side. If you rotate that partial pano 90 deg clockwise it kind of looks right...

We'll find out at the press conference at midnight tonight AEDST.

[Nico13]

Thanks for that post Hugh, will be watching as I'm at work till 01:45am

[DavidU]

Great stuff ! They have done a great job.

[pluto]

It's pretty amazing isn't it. It's incredible that we're looking at an image taken ON the surface of a comet. To me the lighter smoother stuff kind of looks like ice or like frozen mud, though I could just be reading too much into compression artifacts...

[pluto]

As it is now Philae is only getting 1.5 hrs of sunlight per 12 hour period which is not enough to recharge its batteries. It's got about 50-55 hours of battery power left so they'll at least get the majority of the science data that they wanted. It will be interesting to see if they try something to flip it upright such as firing the harpoons, which apparently didn't fire.
:sadeyes:

[Ric]

First Rosetta and now New Horizons next year.

What a fantastic time to live in.

Cheers

[pluto]

And don't forget Dawn at Ceres!


In case everyone hasn't seen it yet there's some pano frames down from Philae's resting position:
http://elakdawalla.tumblr.com/post/102544296955/philae-status-a-day-later

And an image I think makes it much clearer what's going on:
http://mattias.malmer.nu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Civa.jpg

[loKy]

.....AAAAND we will be mining ores in no time :eyepop:

[Ric]

Whoops, forgot about Dawn.

Another fascinating encounter to look forward to.

[rustigsmed]

hmmm, sounds like Philae could be fairly short lived - not much sunlight, obviously on a severe 'angle' - that is unfortunate. if it runs out of batteries, there may be a chance that it gets more light much later down the track when it gets closer to the sun. but then it maybe damaged by geyser activity. fingers crossed they can get most of the readings they are after.

ps cannot wait for new horizons :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Apparently there's a bit of argy bargy about the release of pictures from the Rosetta mission.

Seems there's a lot of Hi Res and colour images that are not being released.

Love to see them especially in colour.

[doppler]

The web cast media briefing was an interesting watch today, very informative. http://new.livestream.com/esa/cometlanding .

[pluto]

There has been for a while. People kicked up a stink when Rosetta first arrived at the comet and they didn't release the high resolution OSIRIS images. Here is ESAs explanation:
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/07/16/access-to-rosetta-data/


As for Philae they commanded a move of the lander body to hopefully put it in a better orientation relative to the Sun. However it's about to run out of batteries in a matter of minutes now so we'll just have to hope it wakes up again as the comet gets closer to the Sun.

[Ric]

That makes sense now

Thanks for the link Hugh

[Neil]

There's a very informative update and summary of the mission so far on space daily, hope and light at the end of the tunnel, clear skies.:):D:):D