LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Thu Mar 27 1969
Soviet Space Program
Mars-2b
Launch Failure
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
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Rocket Details
Name:
Proton / UR-500 K/DDescription:
This four stage version of the Proton was originally designed to send manned circumlunar spacecraft into translunar trajectory.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Robotic Exploration
- Mars orbiter lost due to a failure of the rocket's third stage.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
81/23 (81L)