Возвращение АМС “Фобос-Грунт“

Russia’s Phobos-Grunt satellite, launched on November 9 and originally intended to be well on its way to Mars by now, is expected to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere in early 2012. Most of the spacecraft will burn up in the atmosphere, although some pieces may survive reentry. Using AGI’s analysis and visualization software, AGI aerospace engineers created this video depicting: • Planned Phobos-Grunt mission • Resulting low-Earth orbit • Communications to ground stations • Estimated debris region • Burn-up a