CONSERT

Rosetta's Radiowave Transmission Experiment

The International Rosetta Mission is ESA's Rendez-vous Mission with Comet P/Wirtanen.

The objective of the CONSERT experiment is to study a comet at close quarters by placing a lander on its surface and chasing, with an orbiter, the comet for millions of kilometers through space. Comets - among the oldest (4.6 billion years!) and last altered objects in the solar system - are regarded as the building blocks from the planets formed. Thus the Rosetta's discoveries will allow the scientists to learn about the birth and evolution of the planets and about the origin of life on the Earth.

	Science objectives
	Principle of measurements
	Technical description
	Orbiter antenna
	Lander antenna
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	Consert Publications by MPS members

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The CONSERT experiment is a joint project between France and Germany. Germany is responsible for the CONSERT antennas on the Orbiter and Lander, and France for the electronics. The CONSERT experiment is managed by a French PI team.

	Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), Dr. E. Nielsen, Germany
	Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institut für HF Technik , Prof. P. Edenhofer, Germany
	Laboratoire de Planetologie de Grenoble (CNRS), Dr. W. Kofman, France Service d'Aeronomie du CNRS , J.-P. Goutail, France