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Phobos 2

Phobos 2 was the last space probe designed by the Soviet Union. It was designed to explore the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. It was launched on 12 July 1988, and entered orbit on 29 January 1989.

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COSPAR ID
1988-059A
Last contact
27 March 1989 (spacecraft signal failed to be reacquired).
Launch date
17:01:43, 12 July 1988 (UTC) (1988-07-12T17:01:43Z)
Launch mass
6,220 kg (with orbital insertion hardware)
Mission duration
8 months, 15 days (launch until comm failure)
Mission type
Orbiter

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Phobos 2

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples46
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

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Phobos 2

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related to External links · 14
Phobos 2 → Another, High, IKI, ISM, July, Phobos, Phobos Archived, Raw, Russian, Russian Space Agency, Soviet Phobos, Space Research Institute, Wayback Machine, Web
related to Instruments · 10
Phobos 2 → CNES, DESPA, IAS, ISM, List, Mars, Paris Observatory, Phobos, The Phobos, These
related to Mission profile · 10
Phobos 2 → By, Combined Radiometer, Imaging Spectrometer, Mars, One, Phobos, Photometer, Since, The, Videospectrometric Camera
COSPAR ID · 1
Phobos 2 → 1988-059A
Last contact · 1
Phobos 2 → 27 March 1989 (spacecraft signal failed to be reacquired).
Launch date · 1
Phobos 2 → 17:01:43, 12 July 1988 (UTC) (1988-07-12T17:01:43Z)
Launch mass · 1
Phobos 2 → 6,220 kg (with orbital insertion hardware)
Mission duration · 1
Phobos 2 → 8 months, 15 days (launch until comm failure)
Mission type · 1
Phobos 2 → Orbiter
Operator · 1
Phobos 2 → Soviet Union

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phobos mission mars spacecraft designed 1989 probe phase surface soviet failure computer spectrometer infrared ism space resolution two one 29

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Phobos 2COSPAR ID1988-059A1.00infobox
Phobos 2Last contact27 March 1989 (spacecraft signal failed to be reacquired).1.00infobox
Phobos 2Launch date17:01:43, 12 July 1988 (UTC) (1988-07-12T17:01:43Z)1.00infobox
Phobos 2Launch mass6,220 kg (with orbital insertion hardware)1.00infobox
Phobos 2Mission duration8 months, 15 days (launch until comm failure)1.00infobox
Phobos 2Mission typeOrbiter1.00infobox
Phobos 2OperatorSoviet Union1.00infobox
Phobos 2Orbital insertion29 January 19891.00infobox
Phobos 2Reference systemAreocentric1.00infobox
Phobos 2RocketProton-K rocket1.00infobox
Phobos 2SATCAT no.192871.00infobox
Phobos 2Websitewww.iki.rssi.ru/IPL/phobos.html1.00infobox

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