ExoMars 2016 Mission Timeline

Date Event
March 14-25, 2016 Launch Window
March 21, 2016 (L+7) Trajectory Correction Maneuver
April 24, 2016 End of Commissioning Phase
July/August, 2016 Precise Trajectory Determination
July 28, 2016 Deep Space Maneuver
August 11, 2016 (DSM+14) Trajectory Correction Maneuver
Mid-September Trajectory Correction Maneuver
October 14, 2016 Trajectory Correction Maneuver
October 16, 2016 Schiaparelli EDM Separation
October 17, 2016 TGO 'Orbit-Raising Maneuver'
October 19, 2016 TGO Mars Orbit Insertion
October 19, 2016 Schiaparelli Entry, Descent & Landing
October 23, 2016 End of Schiaparelli Surface Mission
December 2016 Orbit Inclination Adjustment to 74°
January 2017 Period Reduction to One-Sol Orbit
January-November 2017 Aerobraking to enter 400km Orbit
July 11 – August 11, 2017 Solar Conjunctions – Operations Stand-Down
December 2017 Start of TGO Science Operations
December 2022 End of Trace Gas Orbiter Mission