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Mars 3 was a robotic space probe of the Soviet Mars program, launched May 28, 1971, nine days after its twin spacecraft Mars 2. The probes were identical robotic spacecraft launched by Proton-K rockets with a Blok D upper stage, each consisting of an orbiter and an attached lander .
The orbiter reached Mars orbit on September 24, 2014. Through this mission, ISRO became the first space agency to succeed in its first attempt at a Mars orbiter. The mission is the first successful Asian interplanetary mission. [6] Ten days after ISRO's launch, NASA launched their seventh Mars orbiter MAVEN to study the Martian atmosphere.
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This spacecraft was designed as an orbiter only, while the next two probes of project M-71, Mars 2 and Mars 3, were multipurpose combinations of an orbiter and a lander with small skis-walking rovers, PrOP-M, that would be the first planet rovers outside the Moon. They were successfully launched in mid-May 1971 and reached Mars about seven ...
Lost when the Mars 2 lander crashed into the surface of Mars. 16 Mars 3: Mars 3 (4M No.172) 28 May 1971 Soviet Union: Orbiter Successful On December 2 it became in short sequence the third spacecraft to orbit another planet. [5] Operated for 20 orbits [8] [9] Proton-K/D: Mars 3 lander (SA 4M No.172) Lander Partial success [10] [11]
First Soviet spacecraft to orbit Mars Mars 3 orbiter USSR 2 December 1971 [15] Mission terminated on August 22, 1972 Mars 5 orbiter [16] USSR 12 February 1974 Contact lost on 28 February 1974 due to a loss of pressurization in the transmitter [17] Viking 1 orbiter USA 19 June 1976 Mission terminated 17 August 1980, spacecraft in derelict high ...
Mars 3: USSR 2 December 1971 – 22 August 1972 orbiter partial success attained a different orbit than intended due to insufficient fuel 1971-049A: Mars 3 Lander: USSR 2 December 1971 lander partial success first soft landing on Mars; contact lost 110 sec after soft landing, first picture from surface 1971-049F PrOP-M: USSR 2 December 1971 rover
The Mars 2 lander crashed into Mars on 27 November 1971, in a failed soft landing attempt. It was the first manmade object to reach the surface of Mars. The orbiter continued operating until 22 August 1972. [6] [7] Mars 3 Orbiter and Lander: Mars 28 May 1971 2 December 1971 entered orbit/landed: 189 days (6 mo, 5 d) Mars 3 did not attain its ...