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Summer has just started and ExoMars/TGO is already on ‘summer break’ – a break t…

Summer has just started and ExoMars/TGO is already on ‘summer break’ – a break that is, from conjunction as Mars swings behind the Sun with respect to Earth, blocking our view to TGO.

Communications will be difficult and therefore the delicate aerobraking campaign will be suspended until mid-August. Details via the Rocket Science blog: http://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2017/06/28/tgo-short-summer-break/