Yinghuo-1 facts for kids
| Mission type | Mars orbiter |
|---|---|
| Operator | CNSA |
| Mission duration | 1 year in Mars orbit (planned) Never departed Earth orbit |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 115 kilograms (254 lb) |
| Dimensions | 750mm x 750mm x 650mm (stowed) |
| Power | Solar array |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 November 2011, 20:16:03 UTC |
| Rocket | Zenit-2M |
| Launch site | Baikonur 45/1 |
| Deployed from | Fobos-Grunt (planned) |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 15 January 2012 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Areocentric (planned) Geocentric (achieved) |
| Regime | Low Earth (achieved) |
| Perigee | 800 kilometres (500 mi) (planned) |
| Apogee | 80,000 kilometres (50,000 mi) (planned) |
| Inclination | 5 degrees (planned) |
| Period | 3 days (planned) |
Yinghuo-1 was a Chinese spacecraft. People planned for it to be China's first interplanetary mission. Yinghuo-1 was supposed to orbit and study the planet Mars. It was launched with the Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt. The spacecraft got into space, but something went wrong and it could not escape earth's gravity.
The name Yinghuo means firefly in Chinese.
See also
In Spanish: Yinghuo-1 para niños
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