[bd]

Schiaparelli lander status update from ESA TV live stream (20:35 CEST):

- already two sources confirmed losing signal during landing sequence (GMRT radio telescope in India [1] + Mars Express orbiter [2])

- still more data coming around midnight CEST (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [3])

- processing new data will take some time (ESA team will work on it through the night)

- press conference with hopefully more news about lander's fate tomorrow at 10:00 CEST

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Metrewave_Radio_Telescop...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Express

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter

[danielweber]

With Beagle 2 (ESA's other attempt to land on Mars), we also lost the signal, but it turned out that it made a safe landing. But solar panels failed to unfold and that blocked transmission.