Yinghuo-1

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Yinghuo-1
Mission typeMars orbiter
OperatorCNSA
COSPAR ID
Mission duration1 year in Mars orbit (planned)
Never departed Earth orbit
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass115 kilograms (254 lb)[1]
Dimensions750mm x 750mm x 650mm (stowed)[1]
PowerSolar array
Start of mission
Launch date8 November 2011, 20:16:03 (2011-11-08UTC20:16:03Z) UTC[2][3][4]
RocketZenit-2M
Launch siteBaikonur 45/1
Deployed fromFobos-Grunt (planned)
End of mission
Decay date15 January 2012 (2012-01-16)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemAreocentric (planned)
Geocentric (achieved)
RegimeLow Earth (achieved)
Perigee800 kilometres (500 mi) (planned)
Apogee80,000 kilometres (50,000 mi) (planned)
Inclination5 degrees (planned)
Period3 days (planned)
 

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.

The name Yinghuo means firefly in Chinese.

Yinghuo-1 Media

  • Diagram showing Yinghuo-1's intended approach pathway to Mars.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lakdawalla, Emily. China's Yinghuo-1 Mars Orbiter (9 September 2010)The Planetary Society. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Russia takes aim at Phobos". Nature.com. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  3. ↑ (in ru). РИА Новости. 21 September 2009. http://www.rian.ru/science/20090921/185905786.html. Retrieved 21 September 2009. 
  4. ↑ Solar System Exploration. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Yinghuo-1: Read MoreNASA. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
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