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November 25, 2011
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ESA station keeps contact with Russian Mars mission Phobos-Grunt
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 25, 2011
Following the first successful contact on Tuesday, ESA's tracking station in Australia again established two-way communication with Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft on 23 November. The data received from the spacecraft have been sent to the Russian mission control centre for analysis. ESA's 15 m-diameter antenna at Perth, Australia, was again used to contact Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft during the night of 23-24 November, with a total of five communication passes available between 20:19 and 04 ... read more

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