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Mission
Kind: Mars orbiter
State: Spacecraft failure
Place: Mars
Operator: Lavochkin
Date
Start:
Duration: 9 days (launch day to day of last contact)
Mission Ending
Last Contact: Feb. 10, 1974, 15:38 UTC
Rocket
Rocket: Proton-K/D
Kind: Lavochkin
Manufacturer: Lavochkin
Mass: 3,440 kg fully fueled
Launch Site: Baikonur 81/23
Flyby
1º Flyby: Mars (failed orbiter)
Orbit
Reference System: Heliocentric
1º Orbit: Flyby of Mars (failed)
Lander
"The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing." - Paul Theroux
Mars 4 (Russian: Марс-4), also known as 3MS No.52S was a Soviet spacecraft intended to explore Mars. A 3MS spacecraft launched as part of the Mars programme, it was intended to enter orbit around Mars in 1974. However, computer problems prevented orbital insertion from occurring.
