ExoMars TGO, un-phased

In this final graphic, the red line illustrates TGO’s un-phased orbit, and again the green line shows Rosalind Franklin’s entry path.

Blue dots represent moments in time for each spacecraft and again lines reveal how Mars itself would block their view of each other.

Without phasing the orbiter with the Mars rover, the two craft will remain invisible to each other at the crucial moment when the rover descends to the surface.