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ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

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The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is a collaborative Mars orbiter mission between the European Space Agency and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, part of the European led ExoMars programme. It sent an atmospheric research orbiter and the Schiaparelli demonstration lander to Mars in 2016, with a key goal of better understanding methane and other trace gases in the Martian atmosphere that could be evidence of possible biological activity.

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Active 1
Launch Date
2016-03-14 2
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Aerobraking, Concepts

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter used aerobraking to lower its orbit

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European Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Trace Gas Orbiter (Wikipedia)
Roscosmos, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Trace Gas Orbiter (Wikipedia)
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1. ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (Wikipedia)
TGO has been orbiting Mars since 19 October 2016 and performing science observations of the planet since April 2018View the Source
2. Wikidata: ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
Wikidata Q2090722, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Trace Gas Orbiter (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Mars Orbiters and Flyby Probes, The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO or ExoMars Orbiter) is a collaborative project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Roscosmos agency that sent an atmospheric research orbite
  • Operated By: European Space Agency, Lead paragraph, operator
    The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO or ExoMars Orbiter) is a collaborative project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Roscosmos agency that sent an atmospheric research orbiter and the Schiaparelli demonstration lander to Mars in 2016 as part of the European-led ExoMars programme.
  • Operated By: Roscosmos, Lead paragraph, operator
    The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO or ExoMars Orbiter) is a collaborative project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Roscosmos agency that sent an atmospheric research orbiter and the Schiaparelli demonstration lander to Mars in 2016 as part of the European-led ExoMars programme.
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