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Schiaparelli: The Saturated Sensor and Negative Altitude That Ended a Mars Landing

Schiaparelli's descent failed after unexpectedly high rotation saturated its inertial sensor; the navigation software integrated the bad attitude estimate until it calculated a negative altitude and ended powered descent too early.

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