Thursday, September 21, 1995

Venera 2C

  1962-045A


The third probe to be launched in the 1962 Venus window was 2MV-2 No. 1, on 1962 Sep 12. As the 8K78 rocket reached orbit and shut down the third stage main engine, a failed LOX cutoff value caused an explosion in one of the four vernier chambers in the 8D715K engine. However, the mission continued as planned until the Blok-L main engine shut down 1s into its burn when the oxidizer pump failed.


2MV-2 No. 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1962 Sep 12  0059:13 Launch by 8K78  KB 
 0104  Blok-A sep 
 0104  Blok-I burn 
 0108  Blok-I shutdown 
 0108:04 Blok-I explosion 
1962 Sep 12  0108  Blok-I sep  186 x 213 x 64.9 
 0200  T+1:00:50 BOZ burn 
 0200  T+1:01:30 Blok-L burn 
 0200  Blok-L cutoff at 1s 
1962 Sep 14   Reentered 

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