Editing Phobos program (section)

==Phobos 2==
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[[File:3 channels VSK image Phobos mission.gif|thumbnail|Sample image taken by the Phobos 2 probe. Enhanced image released by the IKI. Taken 430 km away with a resolution of 80/420 m.]]
''Phobos 2'' was launched atop a [[Proton-K]] with a [[Blok D]] upper stage from Baikonur cosmodrome on July 12, 1988, and entered Mars orbit on January 29, 1989. ''Phobos 2'' operated nominally throughout its cruise and Mars orbital insertion phases on January 29, 1989, gathering data on the Sun, the interplanetary medium, Mars, and Phobos. Phobos 2 investigated Mars's surface and atmosphere and returned 37 images of Phobos<ref name=ScienceMag-2>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/341585a0|title=Television observations of Phobos|first1=G. A.|last1=Avanesov|first2=B. I.|last2=Bonev|first3=F.|last3=Kempe|first4=A. T.|last4=Bazilevsky|first5=V.|last5=Boycheva|first6=K. N.|last6=Chikov|first7=M.|last7=Danz|first8=D.|last8=Dimrtrov|first9=T.|last9=Duxbury|first10=P.|last10=Gromatikov|first11=D.|last11=Halmann|first12=J.|last12=Head|first13=V. N.|last13=Heifets|first14=V.|last14=Kolev|first15=V. I.|last15=Kostenko|first16=V. A.|last16=Kottsov|first17=V. M.|last17=Krasavtsev|first18=V. A.|last18=Krasikov|first19=A.|last19=Krumov|first20=A. A.|last20=Kuzmin|first21=K. D.|last21=Losev|first22=K.|last22=Lumme|first23=D. N.|last23=Mishev|first24=D.|last24=Mohlmann|first25=K.|last25=Muinonen|first26=V. M.|last26=Murav'ev|first27=S.|last27=Murchie|first28=B.|last28=Murray|first29=W.|last29=Neumann|first30=L.|last30=Paul|first31=D.|last31=Petkov|first32=I.|last32=Petuchova|first33=W.|last33=Possel|first34=B.|last34=Rebel|first35=Yu G.|last35=Shkuratov|first36=S.|last36=Simeonov|first37=B.|last37=Smith|first38=A.|last38=Totev|first39=V. P.|last39=Fedotov|first40=G.-G.|last40=Weide|first41=H.|last41=Zapfe|first42=B. S.|last42=Zhukov|first43=Ya L.|last43=Ziman|date=October 14, 1989|journal=Nature|volume=341|issue=6243|pages=585–587|via=www.nature.com|doi=10.1038/341585a0|bibcode=1989Natur.341..585A |url-access=subscription}}</ref> with a resolution of up to 40 meters. Communications were lost before planned deployment of a Phobos lander.