Phobos-Grunt
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 A model of Phobos-Grunt's base section |
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| Organization: | Russian Federal Space Agency |
| Mission type: | Orbiter, lander, sample return[1] |
| Flyby of: | Phobos |
| Satellite of: | Mars |
| Launch date: | 8 November 2011 |
| Launch vehicle: | Zenit rocket[2][3] |
| Launch site: | Baikonur Cosmodrome[1][2] |
| Mass: | 8120 kg[1] |
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Phobos-Grunt (also spelled Fobos-Grunt,[4] also called Phobos Sample Return Mission[2]) is an unmanned Russian spacecraft. It is a sample return mission to Phobos, a moon of the planet Mars.[2][5][6] Phobos-Grunt will orbit and study Mars. It will look at Mars' atmosphere and dust storms, plasma and radiation. Then, Phobos-Grunt will land on Phobos and return a 200 g[5][6] soil sample to Earth.[2][5][6][7]
The spacecraft is the first Russian interplanetary mission since Mars 96.[6] It was launched on 8 November 2011 (UTC), aboard a Zenit rocket, at Baikonur Cosmodrome.[2] It will return to Earth in August 2014.[2] It will be sent to Mars with the Chinese spacecraft Yinghuo-1[2][6] and with the Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment.[2]
The name Phobos-Grunt (Russian: Фобос-Грунт) is Russian for Phobos-Soil.[6]
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References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Phobos-Grunt: Read More". NASA. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Mars&MCode=Phobos-Grunt&Display=ReadMore. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Timeline for the Phobos Sample Return Mission (Phobos Grunt)". The Planetary Society. http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002738/. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ↑ "Russia to study Martian moons once again". RIA Novosti. http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080714/113951848.html. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ↑ "Russian spacecraft for Fobos-Grunt program to be controlled from Yevpatoria". Kyiv Post. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/71035/. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Phobos-Grunt: destination Mars in 2011". CNES. http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/8308-gp-phobos-grunt-destination-mars-in-2011.php. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Phobos-Grunt". NASA. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Mars&MCode=Phobos-Grunt. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
- ↑ "Phobos-Grunt". ESA. http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ESA_Permanent_Mission_in_Russia/SEMIJFW4QWD_0.html. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
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Information [change]
- "Phobos-Grunt Profile". NASA. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Mars&MCode=Phobos-Grunt. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- "Phobos-Grunt Profile". ESA. http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ESA_Permanent_Mission_in_Russia/SEMIJFW4QWD_0.html. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- "Phobos-Grunt Profile". CNES. http://smsc.cnes.fr/PHOBOS/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
Images [change]
- A picture of Phobos-Grunt. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- Phobos-Grunt diagram. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- A model of Phobos-Grunt. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
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