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ExoMars 2016: Schiaparelli coasting, entry and descent post flight mission analysis
Bonetti, Davide; De Zaiacomo, Gabriele; Blanco, Gonzalo +4 more
The ExoMars programme is pursued as part of a broad cooperation between ESA and Roscosmos with significant contribution from NASA. Two missions compose the ExoMars programme with launches in 2016 and 2020. The ExoMars 2016 mission, led by ESA, has been launched by the Russian Proton on March 14th, 2016. The mission includes the Trace Gas Orbiter (…
The Rosetta science operations and planning implementation
Almeida, Miguel; Pérez-Ayúcar, Miguel; Merritt, Donald +8 more
The international Rosetta mission was launched on 2nd March 2004 for a ten year journey to its target destination, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Following the January 2014 exit from a 31 month hibernation period, Rosetta approached and rendezvoused with the comet in August 2014. On 12th November 2014, the Philae lander was deployed from Rosetta…