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ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

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Planetary science

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

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ESA · Roscosmos

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Image: Pline · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Launched
14 Mar 201609:31:42 UTC
Active for
10 years 8 months
Destinations
Mars

A joint ESA and Roscosmos mission to map trace gases such as methane in the Martian atmosphere. It also carried the Schiaparelli landing demonstrator, which crashed on arrival.

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Spacecraft

Trace Gas Orbiter

Orbiter
Active

Orbiter that measures gases making up less than 1% of the atmosphere and relays data from rovers on the surface.

Launch mass
3,732 kg
Dry mass
1,365 kg
Size
3.2 m × 2 m, span 17.5 m
Power
Solar
Designator
2016-017A

Schiaparelli

Lander
Failed

Test lander that entered the atmosphere and deployed its parachute successfully, but cut its thrusters too early after a sensor fault and hit the surface at about 540 km/h.

Launch mass
600 kg
Size
diameter 1.7 m, span 1.7 m
Power
Battery
Last contact
19 Oct 2016

Mission details from nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.