Venera 2a Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

25 Aug 1962, 2:18am

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

1/5

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Molniya 8K78 image

Molniya 8K78

Mission

Venera 2a

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Destination

Venus Lander

The payload for this mission was a 2MV probe designed to land on Venus.

Updated: Feb 15, 9:51pm UTC

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