Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Mars orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 3 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1971-045; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 19 May 1971, 16:22:44 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-K/D
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 22 August 1972
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Mars 2
Mars orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S05234
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 3,440 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-425
- Dimensions
- 4.1 m long · 2 m diameter · 5.9 m span
SA
Mars lander capsule.
- GCAT ID
- S05739
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 645 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.2 m long · 1.2 m diameter · 2 m span
PROP-M
GCAT program: 3M SUP.
- GCAT ID
- A02060
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.2 m long · 0.2 m diameter · 0.2 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Mars 2.
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