Mars Express Status Report September 16, 2003
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Halfway to its destination, the Mars Express spacecraft and
its subsystems continue to behave in a nominal manner. The
Interplanetary Cruise checkout of the payload instruments
onboard the orbiter will be performed in early October. The
checkouts of the Beagle-2 lander are scheduled for early
October and early November. On the spacecraft side,
preparations for Mars Orbit Insertion are ongoing.
