1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories
Phobos 2
Reached Mars orbit; contact lost before Phobos landing operations.
Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 1988
- Lead / partner
- Soviet Union
- Target
- Mars / Phobos
- Category
- Planetary orbiter
- Status
- Partial success
- Vehicle
- Proton-K rocket
- Mass
- 6,220 kg
- Orbit / trajectory
- Areocentric
- Duration
- 8 months, 15 days (launch until comm failure)
Why it happened
Phobos 2 flew during 1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories, as part of Soviet Union's work toward mars / phobos. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Reached Mars orbit; contact lost before Phobos landing operations.
Results
Reached Mars orbit; contact lost before Phobos landing operations.
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Sources & image credits
- NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
