KhSC Proton-K/D-2 Mars-96

Name: KhSC Proton-K/D-2 Mars-96
Start: 1996-11-16T20:48:53.000Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

Proton-K/D-2

Status

Success

Date

16 NOV 1996

20:48

Launch Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Pad

200/39 (200L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

The Mars 96 spacecraft was launched into Earth orbit, but failed to achieve insertion into Mars cruise trajectory and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at about 00:45 to 01:30 UT on 17 November 1996 and crashed within a presumed 320 km by 80 km area which includes parts of the Pacific Ocean, Chile, and Bolivia. The cause of the crash is not known.

Rocket

Proton-K/D-2

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Heliocentric N/A

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Height

57 m

Diameter

4.15 m

Launch Mass

710 T

Thrust

8,847 kN