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Rosetta’s Third Earth Swingby

13 November 2009

ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft swung by Earth and passed within 2500 km of Earth’s surface. The manoeuvre was the fourth and last in a series of gravity assists and will provide the spacecraft with the required orbital boost to set course for the mission’s final destination: comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.






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