Status
Failure
2MV-1 n°2 (Venera 2)
Launch Time
Sat Sep 01, 1962 02:12 UTC
Sat Sep 01, 1962 02:12 UTC
The Block L stage failed to reignite. Probe remained in low earth orbit before reentering and burning up.
Rocket
Mission Details
2MV-1 n°2 (Venera 2)
Venera 2MV-1 n°2, also known as Sputnik 20 in the Western world, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Venera programme. Due to a problem with its upper stage it failed to leave low Earth orbit, and reentered the atmosphere a few days later. It was the second of two Venera 2MV-1 spacecraft, both of which failed to leave Earth orbit.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 890.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1962
50th orbital launch attempt
Molniya
6th mission
2nd mission of 1962
5th failed mission