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Molniya 8K78 | Mars 1

Mars 1

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Launch Details

Date: 1 Nov 1962, 04:14 pm UTC

Rocket: Molniya 8K78 (R-7)

Provider: Soviet Space Program

Mission

Type: Robotic Exploration

Orbit: Mars flyby

Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

Modified Venera-type spacecraft designed to flyby Mars at a distance of about 11,000 km. Its closest approach with the planet was at a distance of approximately 193,000 km, probably due to a failure of its orientation system.