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17/1/2012 12:37
Society
Russia to Test if U.S. Radar Downed Phobos Probe
Topic: Phobos-Grunt spacecraft
12:17 17/01/2012
MOSCOW, January 17 (RIA Novosti) –
A Russian government commission inquiring into why the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe crashed this week is to test whether it was affected after launch by U.S. radars on its second orbit around the Earth, the commission said on Tuesday.
The investigators said that they would stage an experiment where a model Phobos will be subjected to radiation similar to that from U.S. radars.
“The results of the experiment will allow us to prove or dismiss the possibility of the radars’ impact,” said Commission head Yury Koptev, the former head of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos.
17/1/2012 12:37
Society
Russia to Test if U.S. Radar Downed Phobos Probe
Topic: Phobos-Grunt spacecraft
12:17 17/01/2012
MOSCOW, January 17 (RIA Novosti) –
A Russian government commission inquiring into why the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe crashed this week is to test whether it was affected after launch by U.S. radars on its second orbit around the Earth, the commission said on Tuesday.
The investigators said that they would stage an experiment where a model Phobos will be subjected to radiation similar to that from U.S. radars.
“The results of the experiment will allow us to prove or dismiss the possibility of the radars’ impact,” said Commission head Yury Koptev, the former head of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos.
