Status
Failure
1M n°1 (Marsnik 1)
Launch Time
Mon Oct 10, 1960 14:27 UTC
Mon Oct 10, 1960 14:27 UTC
First flight of Molniya. First attempt in the history of sending an object to another planet. First Martian probe, first Soviet interplanetary mission. The launch was a failure due to a malfunction on the Block I stage.
Rocket
Mission Details
1M n°1 (Marsnik 1)
Marsnik are the first space probes to leave Earth's orbit. The spacecraft carried three scientific instruments in order to investigate Mars. They are as follows:
- Ultraviolet Spectrometer
- Radiation Detector
- Cosmic-ray Detector
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 650.0 kg
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1960
25th orbital launch attempt
Molniya
1st mission
1st mission of 1960
1st failed mission