The European Space Agency (ESA)'s ExoMars mission has been confirmed to have an ETA of Sunday, October 16th, at Mars. The initiative was a joint collaboration between ESA and Roscosmos, and the Schiaparelli lander is anticipated to arrive the red planet by 17:20 GMT/19:20 CEST, with the lander disengaging and touching land by 14:48 GMT/16:48 CEST of October 19.
As soon as the lander is firmly in place on Mars, it will take photos of the red planet and dispatch these back to Earth on a 2 Mbits link.
According to ESA, the lander bears a small science package that is designed to calculate the amount of wind speed, humidity, pressure and electric fields on Mars. This experience will allow scientists to know how dust storms occur everywhere.
It is expected that the Sciaparelli lander will disengage itself from ExoMars in a show of controlled descent that might form a model of the future missions to Mars. This demonstration will include the propulsion system, a parachute, the heatshield, and the crushable structure among other things.
As soon as the lander lands on Mars, the Entry and Descent Module Camera (DECA) would be activated to begin taking photos of its landing site.
The whole operation is expected to last eight days at the most. Earlier Mars missions had lasted for much longer, but this particular operation is only to test-run ESA's 2020 Martian rover mission to see what works or not.
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) is also aboard the ExoMars and this instrument will analyze the atmosphere of Mars. The TGO will measure and analyze the presence of methane, a product of geographic processes in any planetary body.
ESA looks forward to broadcasting the Mars landing event so that people can watch it online via secured channels. So you can expect to see everything as it unfolds on the red planet and become fascinated with the world of space technology and celestial mysteries.
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