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Mars 1c
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 24 Oct 1962, 05:55 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.