MARS-96      ROBOTIC SPACECRAFT MISSION TO MARS. Brief description
Table of contents
Inroduction
Scientific goals
Scheme of the mission
Spacecraft
Orbiter
Payload of the Orbiter
Scientific goals of
the experiments
Description of
the instruments
Small Stations
Penetrators
Conclusion
 SPACECRAFT

The MARS-96 spacecraft was built using the PHOBOS type spacecraft, modified using knowledge and experience gained from the PHOBOS mission. This is the heaviest of any previous interplanetary spacecraft.

The main characteristics of the spacecraft are following:

Spacecraft
launch mass
- fuel mass
- payload		 6700 kg
3000 кг
550 kg
orientation three-axis, Sun/Canopus
data transmission rate max 130 ebit/s
nominal mission duration in Martian orbit one year
memory capacity 2 x 1 Gbit

Small Station
total mass75 kg
mass of payload4,6 kg
data transmission rate max 8 kbit/s

Penetrator
total mass100 kg
mass of payload4,5 kg
overload for instruments about 500 g
max penetration to the soil6 m



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