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1971-0288

MARS 2 CAPSULE

MARS 2 CAPSULE (NORAD 5739) impacted Mars on 27 November 1971, 6 months after launch.

Official date
NORAD number
5739
International designator
1971-045D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 May 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Flight ended (UTC)
27 Nov 1971Recorded time 20:22 UTC
Time in orbit
6 months192 days
How it ended
Impacted Mars
Final destination
Mars
Mass
645 kg
Operator
IKI / Lavochkin
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
Mars SA
Programme
3M SA

Life in orbit

6 months

From the same launch

1971-045
1971-0124SL-12 R/BIn orbit4M No. 171
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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