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17:07 Displays in mission control indicate the antenna in Pune, India, lost Schiaparelli's carrier signal at some point in the final moments of descent. The lander was programmed to switch off its transmitter to conserve power a few minutes after landing.
Simultaneous with its critical orbit insertion burn, the Trace Gas Orbiter was recording telemetry from Schiaparelli as it entered the Martian atmosphere, and should be able to play back the data to Earth once its engine firing is complete and the craft emerges from behind Mars.
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