Mercury-P
| Operator | Russian Federal Space Agency |
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| Mission type | Orbiter, lander |
| Launch date | Circa 2031 |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-2 |
| Satellite of | Mercury |
The Mercury-P (Russian: Меркурий-П) is a proposed Russian space probe to Mercury.[1] Mercury-P, where "P" apparently stood for the Russian word posadka ("landing"). The initial study was planned to 2019, but because of crash of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, the implementation period was later significantly postponed to 2031.[2][3]
Mercury-P should be the first lander on Mercury. A proposed flight scenario for the mission included a flyby of Venus, the insertion of the spacecraft into the orbit around Mercury and the delivery of a lander on its surface. The Institute of Space Research studied the possibility of "recycling" hardware developed for the Phobos-Grunt, Mars-NET, Mars-96 and Solar Sail spacecraft, with proposed upgrades of the hardware.
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- ↑ РАН: запуск «Венеры-Д» состоится не ранее 2024 года
- ↑ РФ запустит зонд к Венере не раньше 2024 г, к Меркурию - после 2031 г
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