Yinghuo-1
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Launch date | November 8, 2011 |
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Rocket | Zenit-2M |
Manufacturers | China National Space Administration |
Operator | China National Space Administration |
Decay date | January 15, 2012 |
Reference systems | Areocentric orbit |
Geocentric orbit | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2333107 |
About Yinghuo-1
Yinghuo-1 was a Chinese Mars-exploration space probe, intended to be the first Chinese spacecraft to orbit Mars. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on 8 November 2011, along with the Russian Fobos-Grunt sample return spacecraft, which was intended to visit Mars' moon Phobos.