#ExoMars Schiaparelli lander @ESA_EDM has separated and is on its way to #marslanding 19 Oct https://t.co/dfGfyPVRQO pic.twitter.com/LEwtOVSr11 — ESA (@esa) October 16, 2016

Separation is harder than it looks! @ESA_EDM away, & my data link now restored, team now analysing data #ExoMars https://t.co/X8J6SLIM0w — ExoMars orbiter (@ESA_TGO) October 16, 2016

Receiving @ESA_TGO telemetry loud and clear. Separation parameters confirm @ESA_EDM has detached and headed to Mars #RedPlanet #ExoMars pic.twitter.com/eLwc6MgnXb — ESA Operations (@esaoperations) October 16, 2016

AOS received with telemetry. The team continue to investigate & prepare @ESA_TGO for next steps at #Mars #ExoMars https://t.co/xPVTf9U5ol — ESA (@esa) October 16, 2016

Nice clean carrier seen from @ESA_TGO, now working towards restoring telemetry #ExoMars pic.twitter.com/fMrD1CMmBJ — ESA Operations (@esaoperations) October 16, 2016

FD M Denis: we confirm separation of @ESA_EDM and have reacquired the signal from @ESA_TGO but no telemetry yet. Being investigated #ExoMars — ESA (@esa) October 16, 2016

Doppler data confirms separation… Still waiting for @ESA_TGO telemetry #ExoMars pic.twitter.com/ODxjqRYuyV — ESA Operations (@esaoperations) October 16, 2016

Flight Director Michel Denis: confirmed separation! #ExoMars — ESA Operations (@esaoperations) October 16, 2016

@StephenCWLL @ESA_EDM by 17:15 latest, mission controllers are cautious by nature — ESA (@esa) October 16, 2016

It will take the signal 9 minutes and 36 seconds to travel from @ESA_TGO to Earth, to confirm the separation of @ESA_EDM #ExoMars — ESA Operations (@esaoperations) October 16, 2016