Modified ESA Antenna Makes Contact With Stranded Phobos-Grunt

PARIS — A tracking station operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) in western Australia made contact Nov. 22 with Russia’s stranded Phobos-Grunt spacecraft after the agency modified a 15-meter-dia. antenna at the facility, according to ESA officials. As a result, engineers at Russian space...

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