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Mars 2MV-2
Part of 2MV
Mars 1 / 2MV-4
Mars 1 / 2MV-4
Mars 2MV-4. Other spacecraft in the 2MV series were similar.
Credit: NASA
Russian Venus probe. Sputnik 21.

AKA: 2MV-2. Status: Operational 1962. First Launch: 1962-09-12. Last Launch: 1962-09-12. Number: 1 . Gross mass: 890 kg (1,960 lb).



Family: Venus. Country: Russia. Launch Vehicles: R-7, Molniya 8K78. Projects: Venera. Launch Sites: Baikonur, Baikonur LC1. Agency: Korolev bureau. Bibliography: 2, 376, 6, 64, 65.
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1961 January 18 - . LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78.
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1961 February 1 - . LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78.
1962 September 12 - . 00:59 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78. FAILURE: At T+531 sec, the fourth vernier chamber of Stage 3's 8D715K engine exploded because the LOX cut-off valve had not closed as scheduled and LOX flowed into the hot chamber.. Failed Stage: U.

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