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Wed, 2011-11-23 16:34
Russia’s space agency says the ESA’s tracking facility in Australia got the signal from the Phobos-Ground probe early Wednesday. The ESA has been helping Russia to try to communicate with the probe.
Roscosmos said in a statement that Russian and European space experts will coordinate further attempts to contact the probe.
The $170 million craft has become stranded in orbit after its thrusters failed to fire after the Nov. 9 launch to send it on its path to one of Mars’ two moons, Phobos. Wednesday’s contact raised hopes of preventing the probe from crashing back to Earth.
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