ESA tracking station receives signal from Phobos Mars mission
admin | 23 November 2011 | no comments
On Tuesday, 22 November at 20:25 UT, ESA’s tracking station at Perth, Australia, established contact with Russia’s Phobos-Grunt spacecraft. This was the first signal received on Earth since the Mars mission was launched on 8 November. ESA teams are working closely with engineers in Russia to determine how best to maintain communications with the spacecraft. More news will follow later.
Source : ESA
Category: Phobos-Grunt