Mars 2MV-3 No.1 (Sputnik 24), a Soviet OKB-1 Mars lander probe intended for a soft-landing attempt. Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur failed after about 260 seconds when central-core pressurization problems led to LOX-pump cavitation, leaving the spacecraft stranded short of interplanetary injection.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- Helio-N/A
- Heliocentric orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 10th
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 4 November 1962, 15:35 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1962-062
- Launches in 1962
- 70th of 81
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