Mars 1M No.1 (Marsnik 1 / 1M s/n 1), the first spacecraft targeted at Mars, launched on the maiden Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur LC-1 on 10 October 1960. About five minutes after liftoff the third stage lost control and was destroyed, ending the ~640 kg flyby probe mission.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- Mars flyby
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 1st
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 10 October 1960, 14:27 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Planetary Science
- Launches in 1960
- 25th of 38