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Venera 2c
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 12 Sept 1962, 12:59 am UTC
Rocket: Molniya 8K78 (R-7)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Robotic Exploration
Orbit: Venus flyby
Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
The payload for this mission was a 2MV probe designed to flyby Venus.