EXOMARS mission devices successfully separated from each other on the approach to Mars

Two EXOMARS mission devices - the descent device Schiaparelli and the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) orbital module - were separated from each other and continue to fly to Mars separately.

The Schiaparelli department was planned at 14:42 in Greenwich (17:42 Moscow time). After about 20 minutes, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed that the division was successful. The signal about this went to the ground for 9 minutes 36 seconds.

Shortly before the separation of the devices, an ESA employee named Pierre demonstrated how it will happen:

It is planned that Schiaparelli and Tgo will fly to Mars on October 19. TGO will have to start a maneuver for reaching the Martian orbit, and Schiaparelli - to land (it is planned at 14:42 by Greenwich, or 17:42 in Moscow).

• The mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos Exomars started from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 14. The TGO module will study the atmosphere of Mars and the distribution of water ice in its ground. Schiaparelli will work out the landing technology.