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During Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) on Mars, the InSight spacecraft transmitted telemetry to a Mars Orbiter, 2 Cubesats flying by Mars, and 2 radiotelescopes on Earth. Through these transmissions, millions of people joined us in the "6 minutes of terror" as InSight landed on Mars.

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This page is a summary of: Reconstruction of Entry, Descent, and Landing Communications for the InSight Mars Lander, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, November 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/1.a34892.
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