1962 · Soviet Space Program
Venera 2a
failureMolniya 8K78 | Venera 2a
The payload for this mission was a 2MV probe designed to land on Venus.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 25, 1962 at 02:18 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- 1/5
- Mission
- Venera 2a
- Mission type
- Robotic Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Heliocentric N/A