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    <ResourceID>spase://CNES/Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/Rosetta</ResourceID>
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      <ResourceName>Rosetta</ResourceName>
      <AlternateName>ESA mission to the comet Churjumov-Gerasimenko</AlternateName>
      <ReleaseDate>2017-02-27T18:45:12Z</ReleaseDate>
      <Description>Rosetta launched in 2004 and arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. It is the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Sun, and deploy a lander to its surface. Rosetta is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and NASA. Rosetta's Philae lander is provided by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI. The mission ended on 30 September 2016.</Description>
      <Acknowledgement>ESA, NASA</Acknowledgement>
      <Contact>     
        <PersonID>spase://CNES/Person/Matt.Taylor</PersonID>
        <Role>ProjectScientist</Role>
      </Contact>
      <InformationURL> 
        <Name>Rosetta page at ESA</Name> 
        <URL>http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/</URL>      
      </InformationURL> 
      <InformationURL> 
        <Name>Rosetta page at JPL, NASA</Name> 
        <URL>https://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/</URL>      
      </InformationURL>     
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    <Location> 
      <ObservatoryRegion>Comet</ObservatoryRegion>      
    </Location>
     <OperatingSpan>
      <StartDate>2004-03-02T07:17:00</StartDate>
      <StopDate>2016-09-30T00:00:00</StopDate>
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      <Note>C-G arrival : 2014-08-06T00:00:00</Note>
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