Proton-M Briz-M | ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter & EDM Schiaparelli lander
This is the first part of ESA’s and Roscosmos’s Mars exploration programme (ExoMars). The launch in the 2016 Mars window will consist of an orbiter and lander and will take 7 months to travel to Mars. The Trace Gas Orbiter will search for trace gases in the atmosphere such as methane and hydrogen. The Schiaparelli lander will travel with the orbiter until each reaches Mars, where it will attempt to descend through the atmosphere and land on the surface. The lander only contains a small array of scientific instruments, to conduct experiments over 4 Martian days.
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Mission Profile
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter & EDM Schiaparelli lander was a Proton-M Briz-M mission operated by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center that lifted off from 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on March 14, 2016. The flight carried its payload on a planetary science mission to Heliocentric N/A. The launch was a success.