Have they done the vacuum-chamber test on the Phobos-Grunt busBEFORE they applied the gold foil, or will the vacuum-chamber test for the Phobos-Grunt bus happen AFTER it is applied ?
Now let me get this straight!Have they done the vacuum-chamber test on the Phobos-Grunt busBEFORE they applied the gold foil, or will the vacuum-chamber test for the Phobos-Grunt bus happen AFTER it is applied ?
Phobos 2, IIRC, provided a lot of data about Mars and Phobos.But I am not optimistic that the return capsule is going to be 100% successful, it seems like a long shot, like Hayabusa.
The mission has missed one planetary launch window already, and there are suggestions that continuing problems with the main Russian spacecraft may force another 26-month delay from the planned launch this fall.
Hopefully the Russian unmanned spaceflight teams have well-learned the hard lessons from Phobos 1, 2 & Mars 96.
Has anybody seen any detailed ascent timeline, including trans-Mars insertion? Will that burn be done under telemetry observation, or 'in the blind', again?
The first two stages of the Zenit-2SLB will place Fobos-Grunt and the Briz-M upper stage...
Quote from: B. Hendrickx on 10/14/2011 09:19 pmThe first two stages of the Zenit-2SLB will place Fobos-Grunt and the Briz-M upper stage...Am I correct in thinking that this is a first for Zenit? Briz-M?
Briz-M? Wasn't it a Fregat stage?