Soviet Space Program

Salyut-2a

Proton-K

FAILURE

Failure

Saturday, July 29, 1972 · 03:20 UTC

Mission

/01

Backup of the Salyut 1 space station. Failed to reach orbit.

Mission Type

Human Exploration

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Proton-K

Variant: K

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.074° N, 62.978° E

23

Pad Launches

358

Location Launches

680

Agency Launches

65

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