Going to Phobos. Or perhaps not.

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Going to Phobos. Or perhaps not.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD Offer Upgrade User ID: 1222987 Netherlands 11/08/2011 01:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Going to Phobos. Or perhaps not. [link to spaceflightnow.com] LIVE streaming video coverage of today's Russian Zenit rocket launch carrying the Phobos-Grunt sample-return spacecraft to the Martian moon Phobos. Liftoff is scheduled for 2016 GMT (3:16 p.m. EST) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Story: Russia to restart planetary exploration with Mars probe Russia will launch a probe to a moon of Mars on Tuesday, resuming the country's exploration of the solar system after funding woes and mission failures hindered progress over the last two decades. The ambitious Phobos-Grunt mission, first conceived in the 1990s, will attempt to enter orbit around Mars, land on the Red Planet's potato-shaped moon Phobos, collect samples and return to Earth. [link to spaceflightnow.com] Mars moon Phobos: [link to en.wikipedia.org] Phobos-Grunt Mission: [link to en.wikipedia.org] Last Edited by Halcyon Dayz, FCD on 11/09/2011 03:09 AM Reaching for the sky makes you taller. Hi! My name is Halcyon Dayz and I'm addicted to morans.

BRIEF User ID: 381742 United States 11/08/2011 01:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Going to Phobos. Or perhaps not. Remind me in 2 hours... I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD (OP) User ID: 1222987 Netherlands 11/08/2011 03:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Going to Phobos. Or perhaps not. Remind me in 2 hours... Quoting: BRIEF T -10 minutes. Universe Today: Awesome Action Animation Depicts Russia’s Bold Robot Retriever to Mars moon Phobos [link to www.universetoday.com] Reaching for the sky makes you taller. Hi! My name is Halcyon Dayz and I'm addicted to morans.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD (OP) User ID: 1222987 Netherlands 11/08/2011 03:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Going to Phobos. Or perhaps not. Engines start. Reaching for the sky makes you taller. Hi! My name is Halcyon Dayz and I'm addicted to morans.

BRIEF User ID: 381742 United States 11/08/2011 03:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Going to Phobos. Or perhaps not. Engines start. Quoting: Halcyon Dayz, FCD Damn it, I got busy with those pesky employees and customers!! I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD (OP) User ID: 1222987 Netherlands 11/08/2011 04:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Going to Phobos. Or perhaps not. I'll try to find a rerun tomorrow. A two-stage Zenit rocket (Zenit-2SB41.1) lifted off from Site 45 in Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 9, 2011, at 00:16:02.871 Moscow Time (20:16 GMT, 3:16 p.m. EST, on November 8), or a fraction of a second earlier than scheduled launch time at 00:16:03.145 Moscow Time. A live TV broadcast of the launch was cut off around the time the second stage separation, however an initial parking orbit for the payload had been confirmed shortly afterwards. The separation of the spacecraft from the second stage took place 688 seconds after a flawless liftoff. [link to www.russianspaceweb.com] Visualisation of the mission profile: [link to www.youtube.com] Reaching for the sky makes you taller. Hi! My name is Halcyon Dayz and I'm addicted to morans.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2849808 Canada 11/08/2011 04:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Going to Phobos. Or perhaps not. remember the first time russia went to phobos:

Halcyon Dayz, FCD (OP) User ID: 1222987 Netherlands 11/09/2011 02:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Going to Phobos. Or perhaps not. Mars Curse Strikes Again! Russia’s unmanned Phobos-Grunt spacecraft may be in serious trouble, as it apparently has encountered problems with either computer software or the propulsion system, or perhaps both. There appears to be some confusion about what may have happened, with various sources reporting different things. Russian Space Agency head Vladimir Popovkin was quoted by the Ria news agency, with a Google translation, “We’ve had a bad night, we could not detect long spacecraft, now found his position. It was found that the propulsion system failed. There was neither the first nor the second inclusion.” [..] From various translated sources, it appears the probe is now in a parking orbit. What should have happened is that two and a half hours after launch, the first burn should have put the spacecraft into an higher orbit around Earth, and a second burn should have occurred 126 minutes later, which would have sent it the spacecraft to Mars. Neither occurred, and it is yet to be determined if the problem was with the flight computer or flight hardware. [link to www.universetoday.com] [link to www.youtube.com] Lift off is at 58:18 Reaching for the sky makes you taller. Hi! My name is Halcyon Dayz and I'm addicted to morans.
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