Names | Expedition-M |
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Mission type | Single launch: orbiter, lander, ascent vehicle, sample-return |
Operator | Russian Federal Space Agency |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Pereletny Modul or Flagman[1] |
Manufacturer | NPO Lavochkin Russian Space Research Institute |
Launch mass | 4,100 kg[2] |
Landing mass | 2,750 kg, including Mars Ascent Vehicle (450 kg)[2] |
Dry mass | Orbiter: 450 kg (990 lb) |
Power | solar array |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2030s (proposed)[3] |
Rocket | Angara A5 / KTVK[2] |
Launch site | Vostochny Site 1A |
Contractor | Roscosmos |
Mars orbiter | |
Orbital parameters | |
Peri altitude | 500 km (310 mi) |
Apo altitude | 500 km (310 mi) |
Mars lander | |
Sample mass | ≈0.2 kg (0.44 lb)[4] |
Mars-Grunt, also known as Expedition-M (Russian: Марс-Грунт),[5] is a proposed robotic Mars sample-return mission.[4][6][7][8][9] It was proposed to the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) by the Russian Space Research Institute.
As of September 2023, Mars-Grunt is expected to be sent to Mars following the success of Boomerang (Fobos-Grunt-2), which in turn is expected sometime after 2030.[3][2]