This is the schedule for Wednesday 19 October:
Wed, Oct 19, 2016 | 13:00 - 19:00 GMT | 15:00 - 21:00 CEST
ESA TV Live - 16:9
Follow ESA TV live coverage of ExoMars at Mars from ESA Main Control Room (MCR) at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany.
13:00 GMT / 15:00 CEST
Start ESA TV live transmission with clean feed images for broadcasters from ESOC ExoMars main control room with following scheduled events:
- TGO starts Mars orbital insertion boost (13:15 / 15:15)
- EDM planned wake up (13:35 / 15:35)
- EDM Mars atmosphere entry (14:42 / 16:42)
- EDM Lands on Mars (14:48 / 16:48)
- EDM Landing 1st confirmation possible via radio telescope (15:13 / 17:13)
15:45 GMT / 17:45 CEST
Start of ESA TV event for satellite and web with cameras at ESOC in ExoMars MCR and conference room:
- confirmation of EDM Landing at 16:30 / 18:30 (via Mars Express)
- confirmation of TGO Mars Orbit Insertion at 16:33 / 18:33 (via telemetry)
- confirmation of EDM Landing at 18:27 / 20:27 (via Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter)
- confirmation of TGO successful Mars Orbit Insertion at 18:30 / 20:30 (ESOC Flight Dynamics data)
ESA TV will edit highlights through the day and put them in a dedicated folder on ESA TV FTP site:
Server: tvdownload.esa.int
Login: esa
Password: ftp4esa