Venera 2b Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

1 Sep 1962, 2:12am

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 2b

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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