Overview
Schiaparelli is the ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) designed to provide Europe with technology for landing on the surface of Mars with controlled landing orientation and touchdown velocity. It was designed to test critical technologies including thermal protection materials, parachute systems, radar Doppler altimeter systems, and liquid propulsion braking systems. Although Schiaparelli was expected to survive only briefly on Mars due to limited battery capacity, it carried scientific sensors for performing limited surface science observations.
Key facts
- Payload
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- Reach
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- Speed
- 70 m/s
- Weight
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- IP rating
- —
- Battery
- —
- Power
- —
- Autonomy
- semi-autonomous
- Launch year
- 2016
- Price
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- Status
- active
Detailed specifications
Other3
- Max Speed M S
- 70
- Deployment Count
- 1
- Deployment Notes
- Launched as part of ExoMars 2016 mission on 14 March 2016; attempted landing on 19 October 2016 in Meridiani Planum but crashed due to sensor error, thruster malfunction, and erroneous altitude readings.
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