cometinterceptor.bsky.social
An ESA + JAXA mission to wait in space for a flyby of a dynamically new comet ☄️ Visit our official ESA website: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Comet_Interceptor See our recent papers: www.cometinterceptor.space
👤 Joined on 29 July 2025
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@cometinterceptor.bsky.socialyou can tell a spacecraft is getting closer to launch when the ESA project updates actually start getting interesting! 😅
Show PostHeading to Earth to talk about #comets! Presenting some analysis of the uncertainty in the trajectories of incoming @cometinterceptor.bsky.social targets, based on some work by Pieter de Boer who did a Masters internship with me in Granada #EPSC2026
Show PostHello @europlanetmedia.bsky.social #EPSC2026 here in Den Haag! Looking forward the #3I/Atlas keynote today, plus I will be presenting some @cometinterceptor.bsky.social related-work in the small body dynamics session SB12 later, and I also have another talk Thurs. Gonna be a busy week! #PlanetSci
Show PostMeet the team of interviewees, fighting to #SaveJodrellBank on BBC Breakfast this morning.💪 L:Dr David Williams-Baldwin @davidw-b.bsky.social top black hole expert, linking the smallest to the supermassive C:Simon Garrington - Prof Boss! R:Phoebe Ryder - amazing PhD student imaging space debris 🥳🔭
Show PostMichael Küppers - Comet Interceptor is late 2028/early 2029 - on track for a December 2028 launch date. This updated launch date means that Comet Interceptor's tanks can be filled up as ARIEL (which it was supposed to hitch a ride to L2 is further delayed) #ACM2026
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