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Venera 2MV-1 No.1
Soviet spacecraft launched 1962. Venera 2MV-1 No.1 was launched on August 25, 1962 aboard a Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Aug 28, 1962).
COSPAR 1962 A PI 1NORAD 371Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AMS
- Common name
- Venera 2MV-1 No.1
- Payload designation
- 2MV-1 No. 1
- International designator
- 1962 A PI 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 371
- GCAT identifier
- S00371
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- 2MV
- Owner
- OKB-1
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Platform (bus)
- MV
Launch
- Date
- August 25, 1962 · 02:18 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 A PIFailure · 0.4
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 174 km
- Apogee
- 248 km
- Inclination
- 64.88°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- August 28, 1962
- Last known active
- Aug 25, 1962
- End of operations
- Aug 25, 1962
Size
- Mass
- 600 kg
- Dry mass
- 600 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 5,900 kg
- Length
- 2.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1579612 (CC0).