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Manufacturer's Designation: 3MV-1A. Class: Planetary. Type: Venus. Destination: Venus. Nation: Russia. Agency: NII-88. Manufacturer: Lavochkin.

Typical orbit: 192 km x 231 km at 65 degrees inclination. Mass: 890 kg (1,960 lb).

Venera 3MV-1A Chronology
  • 1963 November 11 - Cosmos 21 - Program: Mars. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. FAILURE: During unpowered coast in parking orbit the escape stage Block L lost stable attitude. Engine ignition occurred in an incorrect direction. Mass: 890 kg (1,960 lb). Perigee: 192 km (119 mi). Apogee: 231 km (143 mi). Inclination: 64.80 deg. Period: 88.70 min.
    The stage with payload remained in Earth orbit as Cosmos-51 and burnt up on re-entry.

  • 1964 February 19 - 3MV-1A - Program: Mars. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. FAILURE: Second stage failure. Mass: 890 kg (1,960 lb).

Bibliography:

  • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
  • JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
  • Varfolomyev, Timothy, Spaceflight, "Soviet Rocketry that Conquered Space - Part 5", 1998, Volume 40, page 85.
  • Novosti Kosmonavtiki, "Otmenenniy Start "Molniya-M"", 1997, Issue 1, page 29.
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