Earlier this am @ESA_TGO completed key Mars avoidance manoeuvre, ready for #Mars orbit insertion 19 Oct. Details: https://t.co/dfGfyPVRQO pic.twitter.com/R3IdcBfKX8
— ESA (@esa) October 17, 2016
ESA on Twitter
#ExoMars @ESA_TGO has completed key Mars-avoidance manoeuvre, ready for #Mars orbit insertion 19 Oct https://t.co/dfGfyPVRQO https://t.co/1Qt3xfTXDl
— ESA (@esa) October 17, 2016
Cylindrical Mountains on Venus
What could cause a huge cylindrical mountain to rise from the surface of Venus? Such features that occur on Venus are known as coronas. Pictured here in the foreground is 500-kilometer wide Atete Corona found in a region of Venus known as the Galindo. The featured image was created by combining multiple radar maps of the region to form a computer-generated three-dimensional perspective. The series of dark rectangles that cross the image from top to bottom were created by the imaging procedure and are not real. The origin of massive coronas remains a topic of research although speculation holds they result from volcanism. Studying Venusian coronas help scientists better understand the inner structure of both Venus and Earth. via NASA
ESA Operations on Twitter
Acquisition of signal! #AOS via Malargue station, Argentina @ESA_TGO A bit earlier than expected #ExoMars pic.twitter.com/abzboe1FQ1
— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) October 17, 2016
ESA on Twitter
Congratulations to China on launch of #Shenzhou11 https://t.co/WacKcGNkHy
— ESA (@esa) October 17, 2016
ESA Operations on Twitter
We aren't following the burn live, as we have no data link. We re-acquire @ESA_TGO at around 05:07CEST, then the team can assess #ExoMars
— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) October 17, 2016
ExoMars orbiter on Twitter
One way signal travel time between me & Earth today (17 Oct) is 9m 38s, so you get news a little after it happens out here near #Mars!
— ExoMars orbiter (@ESA_TGO) October 17, 2016
ESA on Twitter
#ExoMars @ESA_TGOT orbit-raising manoeuvre at 02:42 GMT / 04:42 CEST raises trajectory to several hundred km above Mars https://t.co/brqP2Rff8D
— ESA (@esa) October 17, 2016
ESA Operations on Twitter
Slew complete! @ESA_TGO now correctly oriented for the next big event: orbit-raising burn at 04:42CEST #ExoMars pic.twitter.com/na6JbpsjMc
— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) October 17, 2016
ESA Operations on Twitter
Now: @ESA_ExoMars completing its slew into correct attitude for the critical orbit-raising manoeuvre set for 04:42CEST #ExoMars pic.twitter.com/TO2gt2xa0G
— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) October 17, 2016