Space Probes

Phobos 2 - 1989 - "Mission to Mars and Phobos"

Images from the soviet Phobos 2 mission. Processed from raw data available here ftp://nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/.

Image processing included correction of non-square VSK camera CCD pixels, image orientation and CCD readout smearing.

Color data was derived from filter 1 and 3 information. High resolution channel 2 data was also integrated into the final images. Images are sorted by date.

Phobos 2 mission information can be found here: http://www.iki.rssi.ru/IPL/phobos.html

Phobos and Mars images

Camera system data

VSK Camera

Resolution: 505x288 px
Bit depth: 8 bits
Sensor: CCD

Filters

1 - Red
2 - Hires visible
3 - Blue