The first signal received European Mission Control Center.
The two solar panels device is successfully opened. “Exomars” on the way to unraveling the mysteries of the Red Planet, “- said the agency head of the state corporation Roscosmos Igor Komarov, in turn, noted that” launch vehicle successfully fulfilled and completed its task “He recalled that the next stage will begin.. Mars orbit in October this year. The bulk of the work in the mission control center will serve as European. If necessary, they will help the Russian team.
carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the device “exomars” and upper stage “Briz- M “was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on the eve of the day. Only in the evening, with the fourth attempt failed to bring an interplanetary mission on the right path. After that, the upper stage separated and” exomars “continued the flight alone. His path to the fourth takes seven months from the sun planet. Then one module should work-entry, descent, and landing a series of studies, and the second will be released into orbit. devices will examine, in particular, small trace gases of the atmosphere and the distribution of water ice in the soil of Mars.
The second stage “exomars” involves sending the Red Planet Russian landing platform and a European rover. It was planned that this will happen in 2018, but now
discussed the transfer of the mission in 2020.
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