Mars 2MV-4 No.1 (Sputnik 22), a Soviet ~894 kg Mars flyby probe launched on a Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur; the Blok L upper stage failed about 16 seconds into its burn, stranding and destroying the craft in low Earth orbit during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- Mars flyby
- Payload to orbit
- 1.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 8th
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 24 October 1962, 17:55 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1962-057
- Launches in 1962
- 64th of 81
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