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Molniya 8K78 | Mars 1c
Soviet Space Program1/5 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Mars 1c
- Type
- Robotic Exploration
- Target orbit
- Mars flyby (Mars flyby)
Modified Venera-type spacecraft designed to flyby Mars at a distance of about 11,000 km.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Family
- R-7
- Variant
- 8K78
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 1/5
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 45.9200, 63.3420