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Date UTC

atspacecraft

UTC

onEarth

CET

onEarth DSN

DSN

ESA

ESA Event

12/11 03:35:00 04:03:20 05:03:20 StartofSeparation,Descent&Landing(SDL)activitiesonPhilae

StartswitchingLanderinstrumentsON;ROMAPfirst

12/11 04:00:00 04:28:20 05:28:20 Rosetta Startexecutingonboardcommandsfordeliveryoperations

12/11 04:06:00 04:34:20 05:34:20 StartheatingLanderbatteriestoseparationtemperature

12/11 05:35:00 06:03:20 07:03:20 EarlieststartRosettapredeliverymanoeuvre

Burnwillbefollowedbylossofsignalduetosubsequentslewforseparation

Manoeuvreexpectedtobeabout0.46m/s&about6minsduration

12/11 06:35:00 07:35:00 EarliestGO/NOGO4 finaldecisiontogoforlanding

12/11 06:35:00 07:03:20 08:03:20 LateststartRosettapredeliverymanoeuvre

12/11 07:35:00 08:35:00 LatestGO/NOGO4 finaldecisiontogoforlanding

FollowingMVR,ESOCFlightDynamicsconductsrapidassessmentofMVRperformancetoverifyburnresults

12/11 07:21:00 07:49:20 08:49:20 SwitchonMUPUS

12/11 07:24:00 07:52:20 08:52:20 StartMUPUSoperationandswitchonCivaRolis

IVAandROLISareimagingsystems;IVAmakespanoramicimages,ROLISlooksdown

12/11 07:27:00 07:55:20 08:55:20 StartCivaRolisoperationandswitchonSESAME(dustsensor)

12/11 07:36:00 08:04:20 09:04:20 StartSESAMEoperation

12/11 08:18:00 08:46:20 09:46:20 StartMSS(MechanicalSupportSystem),whichexecutesthemechanicalseparationfromtheOrbiter

12/11 08:18:00 08:46:20 09:46:20 SeparationMotorsON

12/11 08:21:00 08:49:20 09:49:20 StartCONSERTOrbiteroperation

12/11 08:22:00 08:50:20 09:50:20 StartCONSERTLanderoperation

12/11 08:23:00 08:51:20 09:51:20 StartMSSsequence internalautosequencetoprepareforlanding

12/11 08:25:00 08:53:20 09:53:20 Landernowoninternalbatterypower

12/11 ScrewsinSeparationMotorsstarttorotateandimpartdeploymentspeedtopushLanderaway,retrograde.21m/

12/11 08:35:00 09:03:20 10:03:20 PHILAESEPARATION(Forecast;94secwindow)

SeparationconfirmationreceivedongroundviaESA'sNNONewNorciastation

12/11 08:35:52 09:04:12 10:04:12 Lander(IVA)obtainsfirstimagesofOrbiter(FAREWELL1)

12/11 08:37:57 09:06:17 10:06:17 Lander(IVA)obtainssecondsimagesofOrbiter(FAREWELL2)

12/11 08:43:57 09:12:17 10:12:17 Lander/Orbiterseparationdistancenow~100m

Earliestautodeployment oflandinggearandROMAPboomantenna

12/11 08:57:30 09:25:50 10:25:50 Landerstartsrotationof14degtostablelandingorientation

12/11 09:15:00 09:43:20 10:43:20 Rosetta

performs

post

delivery

manoeuvreBurnwillbefollowedbylossofsignalduetosubsequentslewbacktonominalpointing

Manoeuvremagnitudetobedeterminedon12/11

12/11 09:18:57 09:47:17 10:47:17 LandercompletesallpostSeparationactivities

12/11 10:25:00 10:53:20 11:53:20 Acquisitionofsignal(AOS)fromRosetta

ExpectedAOS;linkwithRosettanowreestablished

12/11 11:31:00 11:59:20 12:59:20 StartofstoreddatadownlinkfromRosetta&Philae

12/11 11:51:40 12:20:00 13:20:00

DSS45 EOTDSNCanberra

12/11 12:46:40 13:15:00 14:15:00

DSS55 BOTDSNMadrid

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Date UTC

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onEarth

CET

onEarth DSN

DSN

ESA

ESA Event

12/11 13:26:40 13:55:00 14:55:00MLG BOTESAMLG

12/11 13:58:40 14:27:00 15:27:00

NNO EOTNNO

12/11 14:30:37 14:58:57 15:58:57 SwitchonAnchor&CivaRolis

12/11 14:33:37 15:01:57 16:01:57 StartimaginglandingsiteandswitchonADS(ActiveDescentSystem)

12/11 14:38:42 15:07:02 16:07:02 ROLISbegins

imaging

12/11 14:48:55 15:17:15 16:17:15 OnboardLander,systemsconductfinalpretouchdownoperations

12/11 14:54:00 15:22:20 16:22:20 StartofLandertouchdownwindow

12/11 15:34:00 16:02:20 17:02:20 EXPECTEDLANDINGandreceiptofsignal(Forecast;40minvariability)

12/11 Uponlanding:Startposttouchdownoperations;theseinclude:

**ADSthrusterfiresfor~15sectoavoidrebound

**Harpoons(X2)firetosecureLandertosurface

**Flywheeloff

12/11 15:38:52 16:07:12 17:07:12 IVAPpanoramicimagingon

Landerobtainsfirstimagesofsurfaceandtransmitssame(Forecast;dependsonlandingtime)

12/11 15:38:54 16:07:14 17:07:14 SDL(Separation,

Descent

&

landing)

science

observations

continue;

Ptolemy

&

COSAC

begin

science

gathering;

da

collectedduringdescentandinitialsurfaceobservations willbeuploaded

12/11 16:11:19 16:39:39 17:39:39 LandercompletesSDLoperations;uploadofsciencedata

12/11 17:20:47 17:49:07 18:49:07 LanderbeginsFirstScienceSequence(FSS)Block1;runsabout7hours

12/11 19:00:00 20:00:00

DSS55 EOTDSNMadrid

12/11 18:34:40 19:03:00 20:03:00 EndofLander/Orbiter FirstCommunication Window

13/11 01:43:00 02:43:00NNO BOTESANNO

13/11 02:59:00 03:59:00MLG EOTESAMLG

BOT

EOT

NNO

MLG

LDR

ROS

LCC

ESOC

ROLIS

ADS

BOT Indicateswhenstationispointing&ready.Actualacquisition ofsignalmaycomeonlyafterwards

DSS25

DSS45

DSS55

DSS54

MVR

MSSESS

IVA,CONSERT,COSAC,PTOLEMY,MUPUS,ROLIS,ROMAP,SD2,SESAME

RosettaLanderImagingSystem(ROLIS):CCDimagerdesignedtoreturnimagesofthelandingsitebeforeandafterPhilaehaslanded

Beginoftrack

Endoftrack

ESA ESTRACK35mNewNorciatrackingstation,Australia

ESA ESTRACK35mMalargetrackingstation,Argentina

PhilaeLander

RosettaOrbiter

LanderControlCentre,DLR/Cologne

RosettaControlCentre,ESA/Darmstadt

(MechanicalSupport

System)

is

the

lander

side

of

Philae

which

executes

the

mechanical

separation

from

the

orbiter.

ESS(ElectricalSupportSystem)istheorbiterpartofthelander.TheESScontrolstheorbitercommunicationinterfacewiththelander.ESSitselfoperatesasusualaspoweranddata

LinktoLanderscienceinstrumentsvia http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Lander_Instruments

ActiveDescentSystem(ADS) thissystememitscoldgasthrustattouchdowntoavoidrebound.

NASA DSN34mGoldstonetrackingstation,California,USA

NASA DSN34mCanberratrackingstation,Australia

NASA DSN34mMadridtrackingstation,Spain

NASA DSN34mMadridtrackingstation,Spain

Manoeuvre athrusterburntochangedirectionandorspeed

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