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Re:Wait continues for European Schiaparelli Mars lander by jessriedel on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:00PM (#12744981)
Right, but we already know that the lander emitted some signals part way through the descent (directly transmitted to Earth 1 hours ago):

> #GMRT signal trace has jumped again, which should be the signature of @ESA_EDM parachute deployment #ExoMars

https://twitter.com/esaoperations/status/788755782665928704

> Further jumps in the signals from #GMRT - should show heatshield separation and powered descent #ExoMars

https://twitter.com/esaoperations/status/788755964786839552

So this doesn't tell us anything new. What's still to be seen is whether it survives the landing on the surface.

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Re:Wait continues for European Schiaparelli Mars lander by jsprogrammer on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @01:56PM (#12746052)
If the lander survived, it was expected to transmit. So far it seems that nothing like the expected transmission has been received.
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