At the good time ESA publishes a statement about the failure of the Swedish parachute test of ExoMars, several days after the news was already given by the Russian media (see https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2345021425581037).
The test was performed on August 5 but it does not specify the altitude at which the module was released. In the same press release we read about a previous test that took place on May 28 from an altitude of 29 km, also failed.
It should be noted that to have the same atmospheric pressure present on the ground on Mars, on Earth we must go up to about 35 km altitude. But since to land on Mars the parachute is typically opened at an altitude of about 10 km, to simulate the same conditions on Earth the tests should be done at about 60-80 km altitude.

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