Russia also caught the signal from the missing spacecraft

Russia's monitoring station at the Baikonur Space Airport (Kazakhstan) on November 24 has first caught the signal from the missing Russian "Phobos-Grunt" Interplanetary Station after being launched into space. last 8/11.

The Russian space rocket agency said it would continue to receive signals from "Phobos-Grunt" until the station entered the dense atmosphere. The received signals will help determine the cause of the problem of the station and which components are still active. However, the agency said that even if all parts of the station are capable of operation, it is difficult to perform the initial task.

Earlier, on November 23, the European Space Agency (ESA) said an observatory of the agency located in Western Australia had contacted the "Phobos-Grunt" station .

On November 8, Russia launched the "Phobos-Grunt" ship into space by Zenit boosters from the Baikonur Space Center with the main purpose of taking soil samples from Mars's Phobos satellite to study. This is one of the most ambitious projects in the history of Mars exploration, costing up to 5 billion rubles (165 million USD).

However, after successfully separating from the rocket, "Phobos-Grunt" deviated from its orbit to Mars and lost contact with the ground.