China's first satellite,which will explore the Mars,will be launch in 2009

It is reported that on March 26, 2007, witnessed by the heads of state of China and Russia.Sun Laiyan,the director general of China National Space Administration, and Perminov,the director general of Russian Federation signed the "China National Space NASA and the Russian Federation on joint exploration of Mars -- Phobos cooperation agreement " The two sides established a joint on detection of Mars and "Phobos" in 2009.

According to the agreement, Russia's "Phobos soil sample return" space vehicle ( "Forbes probe"), a small satellite with China shipped from Russia Meanwhile carrier rocket launch small satellites from China Forbes probe into elliptical orbit around Mars, then China's own small satellites will be completed in the exploration of Mars space mission Forbes completed detectors and joint exploration of the Martian environment occultation; Forbes detectors will be landing in the "Phobos" superficial to detect "Phobos", and extraction "Phobos" samples to return to Earth. Developed by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, "Phobos" planetary surface preparation system will be carried in Forbes detector, for its "Phobos" Thermodynamic analysis of the surface material scene.