Soviet Space Program

Venera-9a

Molniya-M 2BL

FAILURE

Failure

Friday, March 31, 1972 · 04:02 UTC

Mission

/01

Venus lander

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Venus Orbit (Venus)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Molniya-M 2BL

Variant: 2BL

Launch Pad

31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

45.996° N, 63.564° E

129

Pad Launches

349

Location Launches

648

Agency Launches

25

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