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Mars-96
Proton-K/D-2 · Robotic Exploration
1996200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
The Mars 96 spacecraft was launched into Earth orbit, but failed to achieve insertion into Mars cruise trajectory and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at about 00:45 to 01:30 UT on 17 November 1996 and crashed within a presumed 320 km by 80 km area which includes parts of the Pacific Ocean, Chile, and Bolivia. The cause of the crash is not known.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- KhSC
- Rocket
- Proton-K/D-2
- Orbit
- Helio-N/A
- Pad
- 200/39 (200L)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2