Status
Failure
1M n°2 (Marsnik 2)
Launch Time
Fri Oct 14, 1960 13:51 UTC
Fri Oct 14, 1960 13:51 UTC
Second interplanetary probe in history. Second Martian probe in history. The launch was a failure due to an error on the Block I stage.
Rocket
Mission Details
1M n°2 (Marsnik 2)
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
27th orbital launch attempt
Molniya
2nd mission
2nd mission of 1960
2nd failed mission