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The schedule for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter arrival and Schiaparelli landing is now available!

Schiaparelli’s descent to Mars in real time

This is the schedule for Wednesday 19 October:

Wed, Oct 19, 2016 | 13:00 - 19:00 GMT | 15:00 - 21:00 CEST

ExoMars at Mars live coverage

ESA TV Live - 16:9

Follow ESA TV live coverage of ExoMars at Mars from ESA Main Control Room (MCR) at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany.

13:00 GMT / 15:00 CEST
Start ESA TV live transmission with clean feed images for broadcasters from ESOC ExoMars main control room with following scheduled events:

  • TGO starts Mars orbital insertion boost (13:15 / 15:15)
  • EDM planned wake up (13:35 / 15:35)
  • EDM Mars atmosphere entry (14:42 / 16:42)
  • EDM Lands on Mars (14:48 / 16:48)
  • EDM Landing 1st confirmation possible via radio telescope (15:13 / 17:13)

15:45 GMT / 17:45 CEST
Start of ESA TV event for satellite and web with cameras at ESOC in ExoMars MCR and conference room:

  • confirmation of EDM Landing at 16:30 / 18:30 (via Mars Express)
  • confirmation of TGO Mars Orbit Insertion at 16:33 / 18:33 (via telemetry)
  • confirmation of EDM Landing at 18:27 / 20:27 (via Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter)
  • confirmation of TGO successful Mars Orbit Insertion at 18:30 / 20:30 (ESOC Flight Dynamics data)

ESA TV will edit highlights through the day and put them in a dedicated folder on ESA TV FTP site:

Server: tvdownload.esa.int
Login: esa
Password: ftp4esa

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