Soviet Space Program
Mars-2b
Proton / UR-500 K/D
FAILURE
Failure
Thursday, March 27, 1969 · 10:40 UTC
Mission
/01Mars orbiter lost due to a failure of the rocket's third 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
81/23 (81L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
46.074° N, 62.978° E
13
Pad Launches
257
Location Launches
394
Agency Launches
35
Orbital This Year