Mars 7 (M-73 Lander #2), a Soviet Lavochkin Mars flyby bus with detachable lander, fourth of the 1973 Mars quartet. Proton-K Blok-D from Baikonur LC-81/24 launched on 9 August 1973; the lander later missed Mars by about 1,300 km after a premature separation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Mars flyby
- Payload to orbit
- 4.5 T
- Flight
- 34th
- of 38 Proton / UR-500 K/D flights
- Date and time
- 9 August 1973, 17:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton / UR-500 K/D
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1973-053
- Launches in 1973
- 59th of 116
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