Phobos 1, one of twin Soviet probes launched from Baikonur on a Proton-K/D-2 bound for Mars and its moon Phobos, was lost on September 2, 1988 after a ground-uploaded software error deactivated its attitude thrusters, causing loss of solar-array pointing and battery depletion.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Mars
- Payload to orbit
- 6.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Proton-K/D-2 flights
- Date and time
- 7 July 1988, 17:38 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-K/D-2
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1988-058
- Launches in 1988
- 59th of 121
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