ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter in 3D: live position and trajectory

Launched in 2016 with the Schiaparelli lander, in orbit around Mars since October 2016, to look for methane and other trace gases in its atmosphere.

The real position of ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is shown, from the trajectory computed by NASA JPL Horizons. The view opens on ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter; you can travel in time, follow its route and compare it with the planets.

Mass

4,332 kg¹

Launch date

March 14, 2016¹

Launch vehicle

Roscosmos Proton¹

Launch site

Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan¹

Trajectory: JPL Horizons, precomputed from March 15, 2016 to January 3, 2039.

Instruments

• ACS
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• CASSIS
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• FREND
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• NOMAD
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Investigations it appears in

• ExoMars 2016

What the PDS archive declares this spacecraft carries, read on October 23, 2026. Each name is the one the archive publishes, and the identifier below it is its citation.

Orbit insertions

• October 19, 2016: Mars

Sources

1. NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics, Horizons System (target object data). read 2026-10-09. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/