At about 17:30 CEST on 16 October, the data link with the ExoMars/TGO orbiter had still not been fully re-established following separation. Subsequently, at around 18:40 CEST, ESA (the European Space Agency) re-established a full data link with the spacecraft, and the mission control team could confirm that separation had taken place as planned, at 16:42 CEST. Both the Schiaparelli module and the TGO orbiter are in good shape and en route – separately – to arrive at the Red Planet on 19 October. We will be hosting the live video feed from ESA and wish them all the best of success in landing on Mars.
Schiaparelli Mars Rover
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Yesterday at 12:46pm · ..Further clues to the fate of the ESA’s Schiaparelli lander as seen from orbit by the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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