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Venera 2MV-1 No.2
Soviet spacecraft launched 1962. Venera 2MV-1 No.2 was launched on September 1, 1962 aboard a Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Sep 6, 1962).
COSPAR 1962 A TAU 1NORAD 381Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AMS
- Common name
- Venera 2MV-1 No.2
- Payload designation
- 2MV-1 No. 2
- International designator
- 1962 A TAU 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 381
- GCAT identifier
- S00381
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
- September 1, 1962 · 02:12 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 A TAUFailure · 0.4
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 185 km
- Apogee
- 246 km
- Inclination
- 64.80°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- September 6, 1962
- Last known active
- Sep 1, 1962
- End of operations
- Sep 1, 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 Q1579517 (CC0).