Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Venus probe, failed. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1962 A PI; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 25 August 1962, 02:18:45 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 25 August 1962
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
AMS
Venus probe, failed.
- GCAT ID
- S00371
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 600 kg
- Propulsion
- KDU-414
- Dimensions
- 2.8 m long · 1.1 m diameter · 4 m span
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