Image: Yinghuo-1, the 110-kilogramme (242-pound) Chinese satellite.From Space Daily:
China's first satellite to probe Mars has been transported to Russia for a launch later this year, state media reported Thursday.
Yinghuo-1, the 110-kilogramme (242-pound) Chinese satellite, is scheduled to be launched along with Russia's "Phobos Explorer" aboard a Zenit rocket in October after final testing, the Beijing News said.
After entering Mars' orbit -- 10 to 11 months later -- the orbiter will probe the Martian space environment, with a special focus on what happened to the water that appears to have once been abundant on the planet's surface.
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