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Studies of Mars and Its Satellites by Advanced Interplanetary Stations Designed by the Lavochkin Association (On the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Launch of the Phobos-2 Spacecraft)

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This article describes the results of the Phobos 2 interplanetary mission, launched in 1988, and presents some prospective scenarios for studying near-Mars space, including the return of regolith samples from Mars’ natural satellites. It also presents a tentative design of an interplanetary station aimed at solving these problems and discusses its possible scientific payloads.

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Efanov, V.V., Shirshakov, A.E. Studies of Mars and Its Satellites by Advanced Interplanetary Stations Designed by the Lavochkin Association (On the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Launch of the Phobos-2 Spacecraft). Sol Syst Res 53, 487–492 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094619070050

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