Venera 2 (3MV-4 No.3), a Soviet Venus flyby probe launched on a Molniya from Baikonur with cameras and particle instruments; it passed ~24,000 km from Venus on 27 February 1966 but never reestablished contact after the encounter due to overheating.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus flyby
- Payload to orbit
- 2.5 T
- Flight
- 30th
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 12 November 1965, 04:46 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1965-091
- Launches in 1965
- 102nd of 124
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