Soviet Space Program
Mars-2c
Proton / UR-500 K/D
FAILURE
Failure
Wednesday, April 2, 1969 · 10:33 UTC
Mission
/01Mars orbiter lost due to a failure of the rocket's first stage.
Mission Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Mars Orbit (Mars)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Proton / UR-500 K/D
Variant: K/D
Launch Pad
81/24 (81P)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
46.071° N, 62.985° E
5
Pad Launches
258
Location Launches
396
Agency Launches
38
Orbital This Year