EXOMARS 2016 MISSION: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PHASE C ACTIVITIES PROGRESS

摘要

The ExoMars Programme features two missions, one to be launched in January 2016 and one in April/May 2018. Hence for the 2016 mission ESA is procuring a large Spacecraft Composite consisting of a Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and an EDL Demonstrator Module (EDM). The Spacecraft Composite will be launched from Baikonur in January 2016 by a Proton Launcher, to arrive at Mars in mid-October of 2016.