Re: "plasma noise"?
TGO and Mars Express successfully recorded transmissions from the EDM.
The following is taken from:-http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/ExoMars/Schiaparelli_descent_data_decoding_underway
“In terms of the Schiaparelli test module, we have data coming back that allow us to fully understand the steps that did occur, and why the soft landing did not occur,”
and also of note:-
"The thrusters were confirmed to have been briefly activated although it seems likely that they switched off sooner than expected, at an altitude that is still to be determined."
However, I really would not take that as being definitely being the failure event. People will have been up all night analysing the data, and it's easy to miss something in the small hours.
Speaking as an engineer it's *very* positive that everything worked to get the telemetry back from the EDM during the descent. ESA knows a massive amount right now, less than a day after the event, much more than anyone does about the Beagle failure years later. That bodes extremely well for correcting the problem ready for the 2020 EXOMars rover mission.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
