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Tag Archives: Trace Gas Orbiter
ExoMars 2018: Landing site choices to narrow
Later this month, scientists and engineers will meet to choose which two, of four possible landing sites for the ExoMars 2018 mission, should be retained as candidates. ExoMars is a joint two-mission endeavour between ESA and Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter, Aram Dorsum, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars rover, Hypanis Valles, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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ExoMars 2016 targets March launch window
A problem recently discovered in two sensors in the propulsion system of the entry, descent and landing demonstrator module has prompted the recommendation to move the launch of the ExoMars 2016 mission, initially foreseen in January, to March, still within … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, Schiaparelli, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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ExoMars 2016, orbiter & lander, nears completion
The ExoMars spacecraft is almost complete. A joint mission between ESA and Roscosmos, it begins with the launch of the ExoMars orbiter in 2016 and carries an aerodynamically designed capsule containing a robotic lander. Getting to Mars, landing there safely … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, Trace Gas Orbiter
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ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter assembly
To explore requires a strong backbone – and that goes double for space exploration. The 1.194 m-diameter 3.5-m high composite cylinder at the centre of this structure is the backbone of ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter core module, due for … Continue reading
2016 Trace Gas Orbiter gets NASA Electra radio
The first of two NASA Electra radios that will fly aboard the European Space Agency’s next mission to Mars has been delivered for installation onto the ESA ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). The TGO is being assembled at Thales Alenia … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter, Electra radio, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, Schiaparelli lander, Trace Gas Orbiter
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