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MARS 2
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The Mars 2 was an uncrewed space probe of the Mars program, a series of uncrewed Mars landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union beginning 19 May 1971.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 19, 1971 at 04:22 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton / UR-500 K/D →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Mars-2
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Mars
- Reference body
- Mars
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 4,608.52 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1971-045A
- NORAD catalog №
- 5234
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- active