Yinghuo-1
first attempted Chinese mission to Mars
Yinghuo-1 was a Chinese spacecraft.[5] People planned for it to be China's first interplanetary mission.[5] Yinghuo-1 was supposed to orbit and study the planet Mars.[5] It was launched with the Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt.[5] The spacecraft got into space, but something went wrong and it could not escape earth's gravity.
| Mission type | Mars orbiter |
|---|---|
| Operator | CNSA |
| Mission duration | 1 year in Mars orbit (planned) Never departed Earth orbit |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 115 kilograms (254 lb)[1] |
| Dimensions | 750mm x 750mm x 650mm (stowed)[1] |
| Power | Solar array |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 November 2011, 20:16:03 UTC[2][3][4] |
| Rocket | Zenit-2M |
| Launch site | Baikonur 45/1 |
| Deployed from | Fobos-Grunt (planned) |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 15 January 2012 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Areocentric (planned) Geocentric (achieved) |
| Regime | Low Earth (achieved) |
| Perigee | 800 kilometres (500 mi) (planned) |
| Apogee | 80,000 kilometres (50,000 mi) (planned) |
| Inclination | 5 degrees (planned) |
| Period | 3 days (planned) |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lakdawalla, Emily (9 September 2010). "China's Yinghuo-1 Mars Orbiter". The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ↑ "Russia takes aim at Phobos". Nature.com. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ↑ Запуск станции "Фобос-Грунт" к спутнику Марса отложен до 2011 года (in Russian). РИА Новости. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ↑ "Solar System Exploration". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Yinghuo-1: Read More". NASA. Archived from the original on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
