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Signal received from Phobos Grunt

Breaking!

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.

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3 Responses to “Signal received from Phobos Grunt”

  1. jackrockley88 Says:
    November 23, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    Godspeed, little probe.

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