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Mars-2M #522

Rocket launch

by Russia

Launch time2 Apr 196910:33 UTC

failure

Orbit: Heliocentric

Serial number: 233-01

Missing drain plug caused a first stage engine failure and thrust section fire at liftoff. Booster impacted the ground 40 seconds after launch.

Rocket ProtonK/D 8K82K/11S824

launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 81/24Kazakhstan

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Mars-2M #522Mars orbiter--