ESA officials responsible for the Rosetta mission said the Phila had landed about a kilometer from the planned landing site. Due to the fact that the device was partially surrounded by rocks, its solar panels do not receive enough energy, which, of course, will affect the efficiency and speed of its research, they noted at a press conference.
Due to a problem with the harpoons, which were supposed to fire and fix the apparatus on the surface of the comet, the lander "Phil" took off twice from the comet and only at the third landing did it stabilize on its surface.
ESA officials responsible for the Rosetta mission said the Phila had landed about a kilometer from the planned landing site. The exact location of the device remains to be seen.
Due to the fact that the device was partially surrounded by rocks, its solar panels receive insufficient energy, which will undoubtedly affect the efficiency and speed of its research, noted at a press conference.
Nevertheless, the descent module has the ability to turn to direct the batteries in the right direction, the agency noted.
Also at the conference were presented new photos made by the "Phila" module. The researchers folded them into a partial panorama of the place where the device landed.
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Further efforts will be aimed at turning the device and taking it out of the shadow cast on it by the rock, as well as making maximum research according to the planned program before the device's own batteries run out.