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There was still a tense wait at the European Space Agency's (ESA)operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany, as Philae's signal was not acquired until 02.19 GMT, more than an hour later than expected, raising hopes that the lander may have moved into a sunnier spot.

Controllers at the European Space Agency's (Esa) operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany, must now commission the spacecraft.

The spacecraft fired its thrusters for six and a half minutes to finally catch up with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. "We're at the comet!" said Sylvain Lodiot from the European Space Agency (Esa) operations centre in Germany.

"We have estimations right now that go between Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon," explained Paolo Ferri, the head of Esa's operations here in Darmstadt, Germany.

It will take the rest of March and all of April for controllers at Esa's operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany, to work through the entire instrument package.

Space debris is a growing problem, and Esa's operations teams have to be alert to other objects moving through their orbits.

Navigation specialists here at Esa's operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany, will examine the present flight path of Rosetta on Tuesday afternoon.

"The thermal system is fundamental for the spacecraft to maintain all the temperatures in a safe range for the instruments, for the units we have onboard, and mainly for the propellant tanks," explained Esa spacecraft operations manager Andrea Accomazzo.

Signals were picked up at ESA's operation centre in Darmstadt, Germany, at 10.30pm (9.30pm BST) on Saturday via Rosetta for just 85 seconds.

"Rosetta has been comparable to the moon landing," said Andrea Accomazzo, ESA's spacecraft operations manager.

Esa's mission operations team has had to work the spacecraft to get it into the correct orbit to do its science.