ExoMars 2018 surface platform
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The 'ExoMars Kazachok (; formerly ExoMars 2020 Surface Platform') was a planned robotic Mars lander led by Roscosmos, part of the ExoMars 2022 joint mission with the European Space Agency. Kazachok translates as "Little Cossack", and is also the name of an East Slavic folk dance.
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The 'ExoMars Kazachok (; formerly ExoMars 2020 Surface Platform') was a planned robotic Mars lander led by Roscosmos, part of the ExoMars 2022 joint mission with the European Space Agency. Kazachok translates as "Little Cossack", and is also the name of an East Slavic folk dance.
The plan called for a Russian Proton-M rocket to launch the Russian-built lander that would have delivered the Rosalind Franklin rover to the surface of Mars. Once safely landed, Kazachok would have deployed the rover and start a one Earth-year mission to investigate the surface environment at the landing site.
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