Interplanetary probe "Rosetta", aimed to study the comet 67P / CG Churyumov-Gerasimenko, came out of hibernation after 2, 5 years

Today it became known that one of the most interesting projects of the European Space Agency probe "Rosetta", "woke up" without any problems after 2, 5 years after the entry into Hibernate mode. The thing is that even in 2011 the probe removed from the earth at a distance of 549 million kilometers from the Sun, and at that distance solar panels devices simply could not supply enough power in the device battery.

The purpose of the probe itself - the study of the comet 67P / CG Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which is scheduled to begin in August this year. The last time the comet was available for observations from the ground 5 October 2013 then tracked her way to the Very Large Telescope (VLT); at this time the distance to it is about 500 million kilometers.

So, a few hours before the probe "woke up" and sent a signal to the awakening of the Earth. Signal reached our planet at 22.30 Moscow. Scientists have not only received a signal, but already passed some teams probe.

Now Online European Space Agency traslyatsiya leads directly from the control center probe. Habraparser does not place embed-code player, so here is a reference to the page where you can see this stranslyatsiyu.

It is worth noting that the mission does not end after the probe closer to the comet. After this event on board the "Rosetta" is sent to another probe, Philae Lander, which should fall directly onto the surface of a comet. Diameter of the object, the comet is 4 kilometers.

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/209774/