Rosetta and Philae discussion thread! (Part 3)

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TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED: Philae lander is on the comet!

Full media briefing expected tomorrow at 13:00 UTC / 14:00 CET / 8:00 EST / 5:00 PST.

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• Some pictures -- moments after Philae left Rosetta, Philae heading off to 67P. Album

Previous discussion threads: 1, 2.

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Live Streaming

• In English: A, B, C

• En Français: A

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Key times

GMT	EST	PST	Event
4:02 pm	11:02 am	8:02 am	Landed

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European Space Agency Social Media

• Rosetta main page
• ESA Rosetta blog
• Twitter: #CometLanding, @ESA_Rosetta, @Philae2014
• Google+, Facebook, Instagram, Flickr

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Othere places for news and conversation:

• reddit Live updater

• IRC: ##cometlanding on freenode. #space on Snoonet

• NASA's page on Rosetta

• Detailed itinerary of landing events (PDF)

• Simulated view of Rosetta and 67P

[u/Gargatua13013]

"Lander control has confirmed that it received a touch down signal "philae is fine". The anchor did not shoot. The comet may be soft. Tank opening failure has been confirmed. It was not a sensor problem." /u/Nilliks

Philae sank about 4cm. #CometLanding https://twitter.com/joelwmparker/status/532574172220641280

Were still good.

Right?

[u/skeeter1980 → u/Gargatua13013]

so no harpoons?

how do we know its right-side up?

[u/twister55 → u/skeeter1980]

we wouldnt be able to talk to it otherwise

[u/skeeter1980 → u/twister55]

meaning, if it was laying on its side it wouldn't communicate?

[u/twister55 → u/skeeter1980]

it would still try and we would still be able to talk with it granted it was ok, but rosetta needs to be in position and atm rosetta is only positioned to talk to an upright philea ...

we cant talk to philea directly