Orbiter

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

ESA · Roscosmos · launched 2016

Sniffs the Martian air for trace gases and relays rover data.

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Right now · as of

At Mars

223 million km (1.49 AU) from Earth; a signal takes 12 min 24 s

237 million km (1.59 AU) from the Sun, moving at 3.36 km/s relative to Mars

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The flight

  1. March 14, 2016

    Launched on Proton-M / Briz-M from Baikonur Site 200/39

  2. October 9, 2016

    Arrives at Mars

From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.

Facts

What it is
Orbiter
Agency
ESA · Roscosmos
Launched
March 14, 2016
Rocket
Proton-M / Briz-M
Launch site
Baikonur Site 200/39
International designator
2016-017A
3D model
NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD)

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