11.29.2011

Phobos-Grunt update 29th November

Color image of Phobos, imaged by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2008.



November 29
 
During the night from November 28 to November 29, the ground station in Perth had five opportunities to contact Phobos-Grunt from 18:21 to 03:47 GMT (22:21 - 07:47 Moscow Time) However all attempts to command Phobos-Grunt to fire its engines for reaching higher orbit were unsuccessful, Russian news agencies reported, as industry sources promised to continue their efforts to communicate with the spacecraft.

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