2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter / Schiaparelli
TGO entered Mars orbit successfully; Schiaparelli crashed during descent.
Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 2016
- Lead / partner
- ESA / Russia
- Target
- Mars
- Category
- Planetary orbiter / landing demonstrator
- Status
- Partial success
- Vehicle
- Proton-M
- Mass
- 4,332 kg
- Orbit / trajectory
- Circular
- Duration
- Planned: 7 years Elapsed:
Why it happened
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter / Schiaparelli flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of ESA / Russia's work toward mars. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: TGO entered Mars orbit successfully; Schiaparelli crashed during descent.
Results
TGO entered Mars orbit successfully; Schiaparelli crashed during descent.
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Sources & image credits
- P.Fisxo, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · license: cc-by-sa-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
