MARS 3

Launch Details
Launched 27 May 1971
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 5252
COSPAR ID 1971-049A
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Timeline

1971 May 28 Launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome
1971 Nov 27 Release of decent module
1971 Dec 2 Release of decent module
1971 Dec 2 Insertion into orbit around Mars
1971 Dec 2 Landing of decent module on surface of Mars
1971 Dec 2 Failure of lander, 14.5 seconds after landing
1972 Aug 22 Orbiter spacecraft decommissioned

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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