Venera 2c Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

12 Sep 1962, 12:59am

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 2c

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Destination

Venus flyby

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

Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC

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