ExoMars 2016/2020 Data and Analysis (updates)
I did a search for a mission thread, but only came up with a few older miscellaneous topics. Since the mission will be ready to start in 2016, a lot of data is available now, and is beginning to be more frequent. There is a lot of data available, and a lot of scenario's for discussion, so over the next few weeks, the thread will be populated with "toy's and goodies" to put things in perspective....There are a lot of "tie ins" over the next few years of this mission.
The first few posts will
EXOMARS SPOTTED IN SPACE
The most remarkable images, however, were acquired just before midnight local time by the Observatório Astronômico do Sertão de Itaparica team in Brazil led by Daniela Lazzaro, with Sergio Silva at the telescope.
In their images, the spacecraft appears as a bright object surrounded by at least six other fainter spots – elements of Proton’s discarded upper stage – moving together in the sky (see red arrows in annotated version above).
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