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Russian Mars probe fails to reach intended orbit
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November 9, 2011, Wednesday
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A Russian Mars probe launched early today has failed to reach its intended orbit, Russia's space agency was quoted as saying.
China's first Mars probe Yinghuo-1 satellite was launched along with the Russian unmanned spacecraft from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 00:16am Moscow time today.
The abnormality occurred after the Phobos-Grunt probe had separated from the Zenit-2SB launch vehicle, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
The spacecraft was supposed to use its own booster to reach the designated flying orbit, but failed to do so, the report added.
Vladimir Popovkin, head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, was quoted as saying that the mission control lost contact with the probe after the separation.
"Now we know its coordinates and we found out that the (probe's) engine failed to start," he added.
According to the original plan, China's Yinghuo was scheduled to go into orbit around Mars and observe the planet itself.
China's first Mars probe Yinghuo-1 satellite was launched along with the Russian unmanned spacecraft from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 00:16am Moscow time today.
The abnormality occurred after the Phobos-Grunt probe had separated from the Zenit-2SB launch vehicle, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
The spacecraft was supposed to use its own booster to reach the designated flying orbit, but failed to do so, the report added.
Vladimir Popovkin, head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, was quoted as saying that the mission control lost contact with the probe after the separation.
"Now we know its coordinates and we found out that the (probe's) engine failed to start," he added.
According to the original plan, China's Yinghuo was scheduled to go into orbit around Mars and observe the planet itself.
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