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Tweet from the lander: 15:03UT: Accordingly to nominal timeline, Schiaparelli be shutting down its radio after landing to conserve power. Stay tuned #ExoMars
by jessriedel 10y ago
Tweet from the lander:
15:03UT: Accordingly to nominal timeline, Schiaparelli be shutting down its radio after landing to conserve power. Stay tuned #ExoMars
https://twitter.com/ESA_EDM/status/788757413931413508 https://twitter.com/ESA_EDM/status/788757413931413508
It's unclear to me whether they expected to hear a confirmation signal after landing before entering this power-saving mode.
EDIT: Not good.
End of planned @ESA_EDM transmission - still no signal at #GMRT - this is not unexpected due to very faint signal at #GMRT #ExoMars
https://twitter.com/esaoperations https://twitter.com/esaoperations