Mission type | Mars flyby |
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Operator | Soviet Union |
COSPAR ID | 1962-057A |
SATCAT no. | 443 |
Mission duration | 5 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | 2MV-4 |
Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
Launch mass | 893.5 kilograms (1,970 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 24 October 1962, 17:55:05 | UTC
Rocket | Molniya 8K78 s/n T103-15 |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 29 October 1962 – 26 February 1963 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth (achieved) Heliocentric (intended) |
Mars 2MV-4 No.1[1][2] also known as Sputnik 22 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars programme, and was intended to make a flyby of Mars,[3] and transmit images of the planet back to Earth.[4] Due to a problem with the rocket which launched it, it was destroyed in low Earth orbit.[5] It was the first of two Mars 2MV-4 spacecraft to be launched, the other being the Mars 1 spacecraft which was launched eight days later.[2]
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