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Fobos-Grunt: History, Project history & Mission plan

Fobos-Grunt or Phobos-Grunt (Russian: Фобос-Грунт, lit. 'Phobos-soil') was an attempted Russian sample return mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. Fobos-Grunt also carried the Chinese Mars orbiter Yinghuo-1 and the tiny Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment funded by the Planetary Society.

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Fobos-Grunt topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Project history and Mission plan as prominent areas in the source structure around Fobos-Grunt.

Related topics
93
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
98
Extracted relationships
252
Concept neighborhoods
35
Bridge connections
98

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Project history · 49 topics
Overview · 22 topics
Mission plan · 12 topics
Objectives · 6 topics
Scientific critiques · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

AOST
Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer
Apogee altitude
342 km (213 mi)
Contractor
Yuzhmash
COSPAR ID
2011-065A
Decay date
15 January 2012, 17:46 UTC
DIAMOND
Dust detector

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Project history

Objectives

Mission plan

Scientific critiques

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Fobos-Grunt connects Entity context

The extracted context around Fobos-Grunt shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Fobos-Grunt → Air, Although, Argentina, Before, Brazil, Chile, Earth, Earth's, Goiás, He, In, James Oberg, LIFE, Meanwhile, NASA, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, Roscosmos, Russian, Santa Fe Another extracted example is Fobos-Grunt → Australia, Centre, Darmstadt, December, Doppler, ESA, ESOC, European Space Agency, European Space Agency's, Further, Germany, It, Mars, No, November, On, Perth, Roscosmos, The, The European Space Operations. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Fobos-Grunt

Top relations

related to Re-entry · 28
Fobos-Grunt → Air, Although, Argentina, Before, Brazil, Chile, Earth, Earth's, Goiás, He, In, James Oberg, LIFE, Meanwhile, NASA, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, Roscosmos, Russian, Santa Fe
related to Contact · 21
Fobos-Grunt → Australia, Centre, Darmstadt, December, Doppler, ESA, ESOC, European Space Agency, European Space Agency's, Further, Germany, It, Mars, No, November, On, Perth, Roscosmos, The, The European Space Operations
related to Repeat mission · 21
Fobos-Grunt → August, Boomerang, ESA-Roscosmos, European Space Agency's ExoMars, ExoMars, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, Fobos-Grunt-2, However, In August, In January, May, NPO Lavochkin, On, Phobos, Phobos-Grunt, Popovkin, Russia, Russian, Russian Academy, Russian Space Research Institute
related to Development · 20
Fobos-Grunt → China, China's, Development, For, In June, March, Mars, NPO Lavochkin, October, On, Phobos, Russia, Russian, Russian Space Research Institute, Soviet, The, The Fobos-Grunt, This, With, Yinghuo-1
related to Partners · 19
Fobos-Grunt → Alexander Zakharov, Analytical, Geochemistry, GEOHI RAN Institute, In, Maksim Martynov, Mars, Martian, NPO Lavochkin, Phobos, Russian Academy, Russian Space Research Institute, Sciences, Space, The, The Chief Designer, The Chinese Yinghuo-1, Vernadski Institute, Yinghuo-1
related to Scientific critiques · 19
Fobos-Grunt → According, Article IX, Barry, Category III, COSPAR's, DiGregorio, Director, Fobos-Grunt Chief Designer Maksim, ICAMSR, International Committee Against Mars, It, LIFE, Mars, Martynov, Microbispora, Outer Space Treaty, Phobos, Sample Return, Space Shuttle Columbia
related to Postponed 2009 launch · 16
Fobos-Grunt → During, January, Moscow-based, NPO Lavochkin, NPO Lavochkin's, On, Phobos, Poletskiy, Polish-built, September, Tehkhom, The, The October, Valeriy, Viktor Khartov, While
related to Aftermath · 15
Fobos-Grunt → Although, Dmitry Medvedev, Earth, Earth's, February, He, Industry, Initially, January, Marshall Islands, On, Popovkin, Roscosmos Vladimir Popovkin, Russian, The
related to Post-launch · 15
Fobos-Grunt → According, After, August, December, Earth, Even, Following, Fregat, Initially, It, Mars, MDU, November, September, The
related to Journey · 13
Fobos-Grunt → After, Article IX, Category III, Chinese Mars, COSPAR's, Earth, Fobos-Grunt Chief Designer Maksim, It, Mars, Martynov, Outer Space Treaty, Phobos, The

Important terminology

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Important terminology

would space phobos earth mars mission russian spacecraft return orbit sample 2011 interplanetary launch probe vehicle soil roscosmos project lavochkin

Fobos-Grunt relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 252 structured relationships around Fobos-Grunt. Examples in this analysis include Fobos-Grunt → AOST → Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer and Fobos-Grunt → Apogee altitude → 342 km (213 mi). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Fobos-GruntAOSTFourier-transform infrared spectrometer1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntApogee altitude342 km (213 mi)1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntContractorYuzhmash1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntCOSPAR ID2011-065A1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntDecay date15 January 2012, 17:46 UTC1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntDIAMONDDust detector1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntDry mass2,300 kg (5,100 lb)1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntEntered serviceFailed on orbit1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntFPMSPlasma analysis1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntGAPSoil molecular composition analysis1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntInclination51.43°1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntInstrumentsInstrumentsGAPSoil molecular composition analysisMDGFGamma-ray spectrometerMAINNeutron spectrometerLazmaMass spectrometer flight timeMANAGAMass spectrometerTHERMOFOBThermic prob…1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntLast contact24 November 20111.00infobox
Fobos-GruntLaunch date8 November 2011, 20:16:02 UTC1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntLaunch mass13,505 kg (29,773 lb)1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntLaunch siteBaikonur Cosmodrome, Site 45/11.00infobox
Fobos-GruntLazmaMass spectrometer flight time1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntMAINNeutron spectrometer1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntMANAGAMass spectrometer1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntManufacturerLavochkin, Russian Space Research Institute1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntMDGFGamma-ray spectrometer1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntMETEOR-FMicrometeoroids detector1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntMicrOmegaSpectral microscope1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntMIMOSMössbauer spectrometer1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntMission duration3 years (planned) Failed in Earth orbit1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntMission typePhobos lander Sample return1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntNamesPhobos-Grunt Фобос-Грунт1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntOperatorRoscosmos1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntPerigee altitude207 km (129 mi)1.00infobox
Fobos-GruntPeriod90.0 minutes1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Fobos-Grunt bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Space, Mars and Mission. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Fobos-Grunt
    • Space
    • Mars
    • Mission
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Interplanetary
    • Probe
    • Roscosmos
    • Phobos
    • Sample
    • Experiment
    • Return
  • fobos-grunt
    • Space
    • Mars
    • Mission
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Interplanetary
    • Probe
    • Roscosmos
    • Phobos
    • Sample
    • Experiment
    • Return
  • russian
    • Space
    • Research
    • Project
    • Return
    • Sample
    • Citation
    • Lavochkin
    • Needed
    • Launch
    • Utc
    • Failed
    • First
  • phobos
    • Sample
    • Return
    • Soil
    • Lander
    • Interplanetary
    • Russian
    • Mars
    • Phobos-grunt
    • Research
    • Earth
    • Project
    • Development
  • sample return mission
    • Sample
    • Russian
    • Lander
    • Return
    • Mars
    • Phobos
    • Vehicle
    • Research
    • Earth
    • Project
    • Launch
    • Phobos-grunt
  • mars
    • Mission
    • Interplanetary
    • Return
    • Russian
    • Experiment
    • Yinghuo-1
    • Space
    • Orbit
    • Research
    • Phobos
    • Earth
    • Probe
  • orbiter
    • Yinghuo-1
    • Citation
    • Main
    • Needed
    • Project
    • Utc
    • Failed
    • Earth
    • Would
    • Russian
    • Km
    • Contact
  • living interplanetary flight experiment
    • Interplanetary
    • Phobos
    • Yinghuo-1
    • Mars
    • Lavochkin
    • Main
    • Research
    • First
    • Npo
    • Fobos-grunt
    • Earth
    • Project

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Fobos-Grunt, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Fobos-Grunt with Project history. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Fobos-GruntProject history · splits 49 ⟂ 50
Fobos-GruntOverview · splits 76 ⟂ 23
Fobos-GruntMission plan · splits 86 ⟂ 13
Fobos-GruntObjectives · splits 92 ⟂ 7
Fobos-GruntScientific critiques · splits 94 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Fobos-Grunt

Nodes99
Edges98
Triples252
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020202
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Fobos-Grunt to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Project history & Mission plan, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Fobos-Grunt · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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