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Venera 2a
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 25 Aug 1962, 02:18 am UTC
Rocket: Molniya 8K78 (R-7)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Robotic Exploration
Orbit: Heliocentric N/A
Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
The payload for this mission was a 2MV probe designed to land on Venus.