Soviet Space Program Proton / UR-500 K/D Mars-2b

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton / UR-500 K/D Mars-2b
Start: 1969-03-27T10:40:45.000Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

Proton / UR-500 K/D

Status

Failure

Date

27 MAR 1969

10:40

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Mars orbiter lost due to a failure of the rocket's third stage.

Rocket

Proton / UR-500 K/D

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Mars Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

This four stage version of the Proton was originally designed to send manned circumlunar spacecraft into translunar trajectory.

Height

57 m

Diameter

4 m

Launch Mass

696 T

Thrust

8,847 kN