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PHOBOS 2
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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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Launch
- Launch date
- July 12, 1988 at 05:01 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-K/D-2 →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Fobos-2
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Mars
- Reference body
- Mars
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 6,220 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1988-059A
- NORAD catalog №
- 19287
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- active