Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System

OSIRIS (Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System) is the main scientific imaging system on the orbiter of the ESA spacecraft Rosetta. It was built by a consortium led by the German Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research.

External links

MPG page about OSIRIS on board the Rosetta spacecraft

Rosetta mission

Timeline of Rosetta spacecraft

Equipment	Philae (lander) CONSERT MIDAS OSIRIS

Targets	2867 Šteins (Sep 2008) 21 Lutetia (Jul 2010) 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (Aug 2014 – Sep 2016)

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