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MARS 3
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Mars 3 was a robotic space probe of the Soviet Mars program, launched May 28, 1971, nine days after its twin spacecraft Mars 2. The probes were identical robotic spacecraft launched by Proton-K rockets with a Blok D upper stage, each consisting of an orbiter and an attached lander.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 28, 1971 at 03:26 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton / UR-500 K/D →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Mars-3
- 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)
- 1971-049A
- NORAD catalog №
- 5252
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- active