Mars 5 (M-73 Orbiter #2), a Soviet Lavochkin Mars orbiter, second of the 1973 Mars quartet. Proton-K Blok-D from Baikonur LC-81/24 launched on 25 July 1973; it later entered Mars orbit and returned imaging and atmospheric data before failing after roughly three weeks.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Mars
- Payload to orbit
- 3.4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 32nd
- of 38 Proton / UR-500 K/D flights
- Date and time
- 25 July 1973, 18:55 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton / UR-500 K/D
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1973-049
- Launches in 1973
- 55th of 116
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