Mars 2MV-4 No.1
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| Launch date | October 24, 1962 |
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| Launch mass | 893.5 kilograms |
| Rocket | Molniya 8K78 s/n T103-15 |
| Satcat no | 00443 |
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| ID | 4041791 |
About Mars 2MV-4 No.1
Mars 2MV-4 No.1 also known as Sputnik 22 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars programme, and was intended to make a flyby of Mars, and transmit images of the planet back to Earth. Due to a problem with the rocket which launched it, it was destroyed in low Earth orbit.
