ExoMars 2016: on its way to Mars!

[hugix]

Signal from TGO, she's in orbit ! 

[tater]

Waiting from comms with MRO to make a statement on the lander.

They said about 2 hours from now.

[Guest]

Live stream lags and buffers all the time for me...

So sat in in orbit and lander is silent? Or they have telemetry from lander recorded but not transmitted or decoded?

[55delta]

For a re-cap, the orbiter has finished the capture burn and they re-acquired signal to it. But they do not have a signal on the lander and are waiting on a relayed signal from either Mars Express or MRO.

[bokrif]

According to:

I'd say the descent of the lander went well. Of course if it malfunctioned during the last phase, crashed or just didn't turn on when landed can be a possibility.

 

 

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Edited October 19, 2016 by bokrif
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[Tullius]

Not looking very good, but not too bad either:

Now, they are waiting for Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to try its luck with catching a signal from Schiaparelli. Unfortunately, that will take an hour or two. 

 

Edit: Newbie handicap preventing me from posting directly.

Edited October 19, 2016 by Tullius

[tater]

I'll put my money on a hard (very hard?) landing/crash. I hope I'm wrong.

[popeter45]

my theory for something to go wrong is one of the engines not working on startup

uneven thrust cause the lander to tumble and crash 

also hope im wrong

Edited October 19, 2016 by popeter45

[tater]

The guy on the live cast who seemed to be the lander guy looked less than happy the whole time. Maybe he just doesn't have a bubbly personality, lol.

[bokrif]

I know it was probably discussed earlier and it's a lame question but why use such a risky landing profile?

[Josh IN SPACE]

Don't duck out on me little lander, your full shift is about to start and ESA needs you on the floor!

[tater]

Seems like a technology demonstrator (the EDM).

I feel sorry for the people with science instruments on it if it failed. I knew a Los Alamos guy who had an instrument (GRS) on Mars Observer, and it was terrible when it was lost. The flew again (successfully), but every time that happens years are lost.

[Tullius]

According to nzz.ch (a rather reliable swiss news site), people at the ESA control center were cheering at 18:40 CEST (about 1.5 hours ago). So they look pretty confident that the signal from Mars Express was the proof of successful landing.

The only thing that probably is still missing: In what shape is Schiaparelli? Probably good enough to send data, but how much better?

[_Augustus_]

Looks like the mission failed...

[ElWanderer]

Fingers crossed. I've got to feel for the guy whose wind sensor on-board Schiaparelli is a re-run of one he had on-board Beagle 2 (as mentioned part way down http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37700042) To lose one sensor is unfortunate. Losing two...

Edited October 19, 2016 by ElWanderer

[_Augustus_]

Confirmed that the signal was lost before landing. We will know for sure tomorrow morning as to whether the mission was a failure. It's not looking good.

[KAL 9000]

I seriously hope the antenna just failed for a minute and the onboard computer switches to the backup in a bit.

[_Augustus_]

Just now, KAL 9000 said:

I seriously hope the antenna just failed for a minute and the onboard computer switches to the backup in a bit.

It's been several hours.

[KAL 9000]

4 minutes ago, _Augustus_ said:

It's been several hours.

Or an hour, whatever. We know that the landing sequence was going fine up until LOS, parachutes deployed, heat shield came off after passing through reentry, retrorockets started firing...

[StarStreak2109]

36 minutes ago, KAL 9000 said:

Or an hour, whatever. We know that the landing sequence was going fine up until LOS, parachutes deployed, heat shield came off after passing through reentry, retrorockets started firing...

As it says in your signature...

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It was going well, until it exploded.

-Scott Manley

 

[Nibb31]

1 hour ago, bokrif said:

I know it was probably discussed earlier and it's a lame question but why use such a risky landing profile?

The landing profile is a rather classic one. It's been used since Viking, and most other landers since.

There aren't really many other ways to land a probe on Mars than aerobrake, chutes, and propulsive landing.

[Guest]

I hope it don't fell on Opportunity.

[RedKraken]

I'm starting to think that pre-positioned surface radar/receiver stations may be the only way to get good crash telemetry from mars. Ideas?

[Steel]

14 minutes ago, RedKraken said:

I'm starting to think that pre-positioned surface radar/receiver stations may be the only way to get good crash telemetry from mars. Ideas?

The only issue being they'll all crash trying to get there

[ProtoJeb21]

Ah, finally, the day that the Schiaparelli lander will finally enter the Martian atmosphere, parachute down to the surface, and become the first ever successful European Mars lander even lau---

Hey where the &%$# did it go?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/19/esa-exomars-scientists-wait-and-hope-as-fate-of-mars-schiaparelli-lander-remains-uncertain

*Sigh*...

Curse you Kraken Mars Goblin Physics. We were so close.  (Hey look all the original emojicons are back!)