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ExoMars TGO reaches Mars orbit; status of lander unclear

Submit on Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 22:58

The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) of ESA’s ExoMars 2016 has successfully performed the long 139-minute burn required to be captured by Mars and entered an elliptical orbit around the Red Planet, while contact has not yet been confirmed with the mission’s test lander from the surface.

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