ESA Live Broadcast of the Press Conference has started!
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Franco BONACINA is the speaker now. He is the ESA head of communication.
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Jan Worner, ESA Director General confirmed that TGO is in Martian orbit now.
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The EDM data was received by mother ship.
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Andrea Accomazzo head of solar and planetary mission director of ESA now speaking.
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Another challenge ahead for TGO is the orbit period reduction maneuver.
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EDM data may go wrong. EDM also deployed the parachute. Parachute phase no problem.
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It takes more time to analyze the descent data.
David Parker, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and robotic missions now speaking.
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Q&A session.
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2020 mission not in jeopardy?
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The team cannot still confirm if EDM has crash-landed. No data received is the reason.
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Curiosity is too far from EDM to confirm if it has landed.
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They are still monitoring EDM signals.