Ying Huo-1 (YH-1)

China (PR)


Spacecraft nº:

Chinese spacecraft nº: 168


Launch data:

Designation 37872 / 11065A
Launch date 08 Nov 2011 - 20:16:02 UT
Launch site Baikonur, LC-45/1
Launch vehicle  Zenit-2FG (Fregat-SB) (SLB41.1)
Mission  Mars orbiter
Heliocentric orbit
Perihelion / Aphelion   A.U.
Eccentricity 
Inclination  deg
Period  min

China's first interplanetaire probe. Didn't separeted with Fobos-Grunt

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufactor 
Platform 
Operator 
Mass at launch  115 kg
Dry Mass  kg
Basic shape  
Dimensions (m) 
Solar array  
Stabilization  
DC power  

Decay:

Descent date:  15 Jan 2012
Lifetime: days


Launched as piggyback on Fobos-Grunt. This orbiter will seperate from Fobos-Grunt after reaching mars orbit. Didn't separated and burned-up with Fobos-Grunt in the atmosphere.


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