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Phobos-grunt soil sampling device

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The main objective of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft mission is to sample Phobos soil and delivery it to Earth. Soil sampling is performed by means of a soil sampling device. The article covers the structure of the soil sampling device, its main functions and operation cyclogram.

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  1. Seweryn, K., et al., CHOMIK—Sampling Device of Penetrating Type for Russian Phobos Sample Return Mission, Proc. 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Moscow, 2010.

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  1. Lavochkin Research and Production Association, ul. Leningradskaya 24, Khimki, Moscow Region, 141400, Russia

    S. N. Alexashkin, Yu. K. Zaiko & S. E. Sutugin

  2. Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    O. E. Kozlov

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  1. S. N. Alexashkin
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  2. Yu. K. Zaiko
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Correspondence to S. N. Alexashkin.

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Original Russian Text © S.N. Alexashkin, Yu.K. Zaiko, S.E. Sutugin, O.E. Kozlov, 2011, published in Vestnik FGUP NPO imeni S.A. Lavochkina, 2011, No. 3, pp. 59–65.

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Alexashkin, S.N., Zaiko, Y.K., Sutugin, S.E. et al. Phobos-grunt soil sampling device. Sol Syst Res 46, 555–561 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094612070052

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